Source link Deployment of American ground-based nuclear-capable weapons near China may prompt Russian action, deputy foreign minister warned Russia considers the revival of intermediate-range nuclear-capable missiles by the US as “irrevocable” and may field some of its own, potentially in tandem with China, the Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia, Sergey Ryabkov, said on Thursday. The […]
Source link Secretary of State Antony Blinken has insisted that Kiev will be allowed to join the Western military bloc US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has capped a meeting of NATO diplomats by doubling down on an issue that helped trigger the Russia-Ukraine conflict: allowing Kiev to join the Western military alliance. “Ukraine will […]
Source link Foreign minister has signaled Islamabad could be willing to revitalize business ties with New Delhi, in deep-freeze since 2019 Pakistan will “seriously examine” restarting trade ties with India, acting on sentiments expressed by its business community, according to the newly appointed Foreign Minister Muhammad Ishaq Dar. Diplomatic ties between the two nuclear-armed neighbors […]
Source link Their deployment is a direct violation of international law, Moscow’s envoy to the OPCW has said Ukraine has repeatedly used chemical weapons provided by the US against the Russian military, a senior diplomat claimed on Monday in an interview with the newspaper Izvestia. Vladimir Tarabrin, Moscow’s Permanent Representative to the Organisation for the […]
Source link New Delhi lodges formal protest with Berlin after Germany’s comments on the arrest in India of opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal New Delhi on Saturday summoned the deputy head of the German Embassy Georg Enzweiler and lodged a strong protest against Berlin over “blatant interference” in India’s internal affairs. The move came a day […]
Source link Aleksey Danilov made an obscene play on words with Li Hui’s name during a live interview Aleksey Danilov, the secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, insulted a senior Chinese diplomat during a live interview by playing on the similarity between his name – Hui – and a Ukrainian swear word. Danilov […]
Source link Warsaw does not intend to send soldiers to the neighboring country, Deputy Defense Minister Stanislaw Wziatek has said Poland has no plans to send its military to Ukraine, even for the purpose of training Kiev’s troops, the country’s deputy defense minister, Stanislaw Wziatek, said in an interview with Polskie Radio on Tuesday. Wziatek’s […]
Source link Estonia’s Kaja Kallas is reportedly viewed by some leaders as too aggressive toward Moscow to become foreign policy chief Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas is unlikely to succeed Spain’s Josep Borrell as the EU’s next foreign policy chief due to her aggressive stance on Russia, Politico reported on Monday, citing an anonymous official […]
Source link Berlin lost face when a recording of the alleged conversation among Bundeswehr generals leaked, according to Moscow’s deputy UN envoy Purported evidence of German military scheming to destroy civilian infrastructure begs for an analogy to the country’s dark WWII-era past, according to Russia’s First Deputy Permanent Representative at the UN, Dmitry Polyansky. Polyansky […]
Source link While for the US, the conflict is a “lucrative business project,” Dmitry Birichevsky has said A senior Russian diplomat pushed back on the attempt by Albania, a US ally, to use a regional forum for political grandstanding in support of Ukraine, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has revealed. Albania currently presides […]
Source link It makes no sense to forgive Kiev’s troops and security agencies for their crimes, a Russian foreign ministry official has said The Russian Foreign Ministry believes that it’s appropriate to designate the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), the Ukrainian military intelligence directorate (GUR) and the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) as terrorist organizations, […]
Source link Supplies of weapons to Israel should be reduced as the country’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ignored international calls to avoid civilian casualties during the IDF’s military operation in Gaza, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has said. According to the latest figures from Gaza’s health ministry, 28,473 people have been killed and […]
Source link Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba suffered a minor leg wound during a scuffle between his own pets and a larger canine Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba has been bitten by a “large dog” while walking his three canines in Kiev, sustaining minor injuries to his leg, the diplomat revealed on Monday. Kuleba described the […]
Source link The EU will not help Ukraine obtain drones as the country is already proficient at manufacturing UAVs, the bloc’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, has said. The diplomat, who visited Kiev on Wednesday, said the EU has already provided Ukraine with €88 billion ($95 billion) in aid, including €28 billion ($30 billion) in […]
Source link Netanyahu has vehemently denied such claims, blaming Iran for the flow of arms and funds to the Palestinian group EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has openly accused the Israeli government of funding Hamas, an allegation Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has denied. Borrell did not elaborate on the claim, which has been repeatedly […]