President Putin “regards the strikes as aggression against a sovereign nation,” his spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, noting that the president believes the strikes were carried out “in violation of international law, and also under an invented pretext.” Peskov also insisted that “the Syrian army doesn’t have chemical weapons,” saying this had been “observed and confirmed…
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Russia, France towards Syrian talks
Russian Foreign Ministers Sergei Lavrov and his French counterpart Jean-Marc Ayrault have agreed to cooperate in preparing the intra-Syrian talks in Geneva, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday. #SYRIA Report of the Russian Centre for reconciliation of opposing sides (March,18th) https://t.co/eatogHylpn pic.twitter.com/uwd3kpg2ar — Минобороны России (@mod_russia) March 18, 2017 “The ministers have agreed…
IS agent arrested in Spain
On 15 March 2017, the Spanish Guardia Civil supported by Europol, arrested in Girona, Spain, a Moroccan national suspected of helping finance the terrorist group Islamic State (IS). The arrested, aged 43, was under investigation for participating, along with two of his brothers arrested in July 2016, in a complex financial scheme which involved sending funds…
April 5 – Brussels Syria conference
The European Union will host a major international conference on Syria on April 5, entitled ‘Syria and the region: supporting the future of Syria and the region’, co-chairing the event with the United Nation, Germany, Kuwait, Norway, Qatar and the United Kingdom, High Representative Federica Mogherini announced this week. .@FedericaMog announces that EU will host…
Mogherini in US: 'mission impossible'
Anna van Densky, OPINION Difficult to imagine less suitable personality to represent nowadays the EU diplomacy in the US, than an ardent promoter of political Islam in Europe, an Italian Socialist – Federica Mogherini, with both Socialism and Islam living winter in the EU. However the gravity of the situation is beyond personal views and…
EU-US: Tillerson received Mogherini
The EU top diplomat Federica Mogherini had her first meeting with new U.S. Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson on Thrusday 9.02.2017. discussing Transatlantic relations, the common challenge of countering terrorism, the ongoing work to strengthen European Defence, relations with Russia, the Iran nuclear deal and the main crises from Ukraine to Syria. “I was pleased to…
Mogherini to meet Lavrov
The EU top diplomat Federica Mogherini to meet Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov in coming weeks, according to communication of the European External Action Service (EEAS). In view of the upcoming Foreign Affairs council on Monday, 6/2/2017, Mogherini discussed with Minister Lavrov a range of international issues, starting with the situation in Libya, and the perspectives…
EU immigration dichotomy
The startling difference of approach toward migration crisis resolution between EU bureaucrats and national politicians representing opinions of their electorate shifts both policies into confrontational mode, beyond possibility of a compromise. “We have in Europe a history – and here I think I do not speak only for the European Union – that has told…
Georgians for Schengen visa-free
This week Georgian citizens would receive a formal MEPs approval for visa free, following an informal deal struck by Parliament and Council negotiators last December. The debate about the visa exemption for Georgians takes place in the European Parliament on Thursday 2/2/2017, followed by a vote the same day. The visa waivers will apply only…
Trump-Putin repair complicates EU sanctions policy
A telephone call between Presidents Trump and Putin on Saturday afternoon was regarded as the first attempt of a repair the relations between two countries which have been dramatically degrading through Obama’s presidency, and touched its lowest point when 35 Russian diplomats were expelled in January this year, allowing many observers to compare the state…
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