“We will facilitate the arrival of the team to anywhere they want, in Douma, to check whether or not there was any use of chemical weapons,” Syria’s Ambassador to the UN Bashar al-Jaafari told reporters, while discussing the mission of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), which is on its way to Syria….
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Russian Ambassador in UK summoned
Russian Ambassador to UK Alexander Yakovenko (pictured) has been summoned to the Foreign Office over the situation in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said while addressing the Parliament on Monday. “I have invited the Russian Ambassador to come to the Foreign Office and give an account of his country’s plans to implement Resolution…
Counter-terrorist operation in Syria to continue
The United Nations Security Council in a unanimous vote approved a resolution demanding a 30-day ceasefire across Syria to allow aid access to the population. UN Security Council unanimously adopts a resolution calling for a 30-day cessation of hostilities in Syria to enable delivery of humanitarian aid: https://t.co/Gk23b1WKfC Watch live: https://t.co/WhwXXmCYWf pic.twitter.com/aJmN72Ngnn — United Nations…
EU to assist reconstruction of Iraq
EU diplomatis put forward the strategy for Iraq in order to address the challenges the country faces following the territorial defeat of Islamic State (Daesh). The proposal outlines both ongoing and longer term EU support to the country, fully taking into account the Iraqi government’s priorities. We propose an EU strategy for Iraq in order…
EU calls for active participation in PESCO
The European Council (#EUCO) reviewed progress achieved in the field of security and defence, and welcomed the “ambitious and inclusive” permanent structured co-operation (PESCO) and stresses the significance of rapid implementation of the first projects. Subsequently #EUCO calls member-states for active participation and swift delivery of national implementation plans. PESCO should be footed by European Defence…
Deadly attacks in Afghanistan
Attacks earlier this week at a military base in Kandahar Province, at a police training centre in Gardez, and in Ghazni have also claimed many lives. https://twitter.com/RolandKobia/status/921481530647764993 “We send our heartfelt condolences to all those who have lost loved ones, as well as to the Afghan authorities, and wish a speedy recovery to the wounded.”…
Russia blames US massive civilian casualties in Raqqa
Carpet bombing of residential areas accommodated by civilians “have brought about nothing but several thousand victims among the ‘liberated’ population”, Russian Defence Ministry claims. Russia’s Defense Ministry says US responsible for carpet-bombing in Raqqahttps://t.co/dI184VWSFS — TASS (@tassagency_en) October 14, 2017 The United States conducts so-called carpet-bombing of residential areas in Syria’s Raqqa and damages water…
Special status of Donbass prolonged
Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada (parliament) has passed a law “On creating conditions for a peaceful settlement of the situation in separate districts of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions” extending the special status of the Donbass region by one year. However, it contains the provisions, according to which the special status will come into force only after…
Russians don’t see ‘logic’ of US proposal in Donbass
Speaker of the Russian parliament’s upper house Valentina Matviyenko says she does not see ‘logic’ in the suggestion of the US Department of State to locate the UN peacekeepers at the border between Russia and Ukraine. Миротворцы нужны, чтобы обеспечить безопасность ОБСЕ, считает Матвиенко. https://t.co/lkVFN17qNn — Сегодня (@segodnya_online) September 17, 2017 “I cannot see any logic…
Russian peacekeeping proposal for Donbass in stalemate
The separatists of the of self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic reject the idea of deploying UN peacekeepers on the border with Russia, as stated in an interview with RT TV channel by Denis Pushilin, the entity envoy to Moscow. US wants ‘broad mandate’ for #UN peacekeeping mission in #Ukraine https://t.co/upDzIrbqrz — RT America (@RT_America) September 14,…
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