The latest report on the deal’s implementation produced by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and obtained by Reuters and AFP on Friday confirms that the Islamic Republic is far from exceeding the limit for the amount of the low-enriched uranium it is allowed to keep. The report, citing data as of February 18, puts…
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OSCE PA: ‘Minsk’ stalemate
Ukraine is not ready for dialogue with Russia and the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics (DPR, LPR), said Pyotr Tolstoy, ahead of the Russian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE PA). After meeting with the Ukrainian delegation members at OSCE PA winter session, Tolstoy, deputy…
Ilyichev heads Russian mission at United Nations
Russia’s First Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Pyotr Ilyichev has been appointed as acting Permanent Representative to the organization after Vitaly Churkin’s unexpected death, according to a representative of Russian Foreign Ministry’s press service. Pyotr Ilyichev has become acting Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations,” he said. Ilyichev will head…
Anti-Trump press gloating on Kosachev
In a Russian-language statement on his Facebook page, Russian senator Konstantin Kosachev voiced concern over US President Donald Trump’s criticism of the existing nuclear arms reduction treaty, called for the urgent engagement in negotiations for a new treaty, while the current one will expire in 2021. ‘Trump’s Make America Great Again slogan, if it means nuclear supremacy, will…
New ambassadors to EU
The President of the European Council, Donald Tusk received the letters of credentials of the following Ambassadors: H.E. Mr Jasem Mohamed A.A. ALBUDAIWI, Head of the Mission of the State of Kuwait to the European Union Ambassador Jasem Albudaiwi presents his credentials as Head of #Kuwait mission to #EU to president of the European Council…
Migrant crises – endless
This week while reacting to the problem of mass migration, the European Parliament president Antonio Tajani said, the problem of migration from Africa should be resolved at root level, otherwise “dams and wall will be not sufficient” to prevent migrants from coming. Risk of millions of migrants – Tajani (2) – Malloch not welcome, EP…
EU concerned about developments in Turkey
“The measures taken yesterday against three Members of Parliament of the eoples’ Democratic Party’s (HDP) , including both of its Co-Chairs, further add to the concerns expressed both following the Turkish Grand National Assembly’s adoption last May of a law allowing the immunity of a large number of deputies to be lifted as well as…
Mogherini heads to Western Balkans
EU top diplomat Federica Mogherini will travel to the Western Balkans from first to forth March, visiting Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. “For the European Union the work with the Western Balkans, a region in the heart of Europe, is a key priority. I work to see every…
US Crimea sanctions to stay
The Trump administration threw its support unequivocally behind Ukraine Tuesday in that country’s ongoing conflict with Russia, informing the Kremlin that U.S. sanctions will remain in place until Russia ends its occupation of Crimea. U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley told the U.N. Security Council that the U.S. does believe a better relationship with…
Luxembourg opens embassy in Brazil
Luxembourg declared its intention to open its own embassy in Brazil’s capital, Brasilia, this autumn. The first head of mission will be the director for consular and international cultural relations in Luxembourg’s Foreign Affairs Ministry, Carlo Krieger. Foreign Affairs Minister Jean Asselborn confirmed the posting on request. Krieger, who has served as ambassador in Moscow…
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