“We urge the Taliban to respond favourably to this opportunity and participate in an Afghan-owned and Afghan-led peace process. The responsibility to bring an end to a long era of conflict is now in the Taliban’s hands” – said NATO foreign ministers in a statement issued at meeting in Brussels HQ. In Foreign Ministerial meetings…
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Stoltenberg supports political solution for Korean Peninsula
At margins of the Foreign Ministers meeting on Friday (27 April 2018) devoted to preparation of for the NATO Summit in July, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said he fully supports a political solution in the Korean Peninsula. “I welcome the progress made between the 2 leaders at #interkoreansummit and the commitment they have shown to resolving their…
Skripals: Lavrov points at NATO warfare agent BZ
The substance used on Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia was an agent called BZ, according to Swiss Spiez lab, the Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said. The agent has been never produced in Russia, but has been in disposal of the US, UK, and other NATO states. Skripals were poisoned with an incapacitating toxin…
Russians refuse to appoint ambassador to NATO
Russian Federation will not appoint Permanent Representative to NATO unless and until it sees that the alliance is ready for “serious work”, Andrei Kelin, Director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s European Cooperation Department, said, according to TASS news agency reports. “This position will remain vacant until we see the actual readiness on the part of…
Russia blames NATO for expulsions of diplomats wave
NATO is behind the actions of the European Union, using baculine discipline and seeking to demonize Russia, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. The diplomat blamed expulsions of Russian baculine discipline in the European Union, imposed by NATO, while participating in Rossiya1 TV programme. “The European Union is an attractive political construct, with the…
Russians were “too naive”…
Dr Pierre-Emmanuel Thomann OPINION The philosopher Schopenhauer’s Three Stages of Truth: “All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.” Declassified cables examined by academics from Georges Washington University (https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/russia-programs/2017-12-12/nato-expansion-what-gorbachev-heard-western-leaders-early) proves that Western leaders gave multiple assurances to Soviet Union that NATO…
NATO perceives Kremlin arms show as “counterproductive”
President Vladimir Putin‘s warnings to NATO allies are “unacceptable”, they do not help efforts to resolve tensions, the Alliance made clear a day after the President Putin publicly demonstrated a new generation of nuclear weapons. #Russia’s threats to target #NATO allies are unacceptable and counterproductive. Read my statement in @Reuters via @rdfemmott: https://t.co/Qf46L2ZMSn — Oana…
European Defence to advance in March
The March Foreign Affairs Council will start with a discussion the permanent structured cooperation (PESCO). Ministers are expected to adopt a decision formally establishing the list of projects to be developed under PESCO. They are also expected to adopt a recommendation on an implementation roadmap of PESCO. Foreign Affairs Council #EUdefence next Tuesday 6 March Agenda highlights: https://t.co/S708FSFgSq #PESCO #NATO…
Amb.Grushko leaves Brussels for MFA Moscow
NATO underlines good professional relations with leaving for Moscow Alexander Grushko as Russia’s permanent representative to NATO and congratulates him on his appointment as the Russian deputy foreign minister. Congratulations to #Russia’s new Deputy Foreign Minister, Alexander Grushko. Thank you for your professional role here at #NATO. Good luck! — Rose Gottemoeller (@Gottemoeller) January 22,…
Stoltenberg to serve as head of NATO till 2020
NATO secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg will serve for two more years beyond his initial mandate as the head of the world’s biggest military alliance. Brussels-based NATO headquarters initiated a statement on Tuesday that its 29 nations decided to prolong the former Norwegian prime minister’s term until September 30 2020. Honoured and grateful that the 29 Allies…
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