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Nato chief stops short of backing Ukraine membership
Kiev: The head of Nato said on Tuesday that “Ukraine can rely on” the Western military alliance but stopped short of infuriating Russia by backing the ex-Soviet republic’s membership in the Cold War-era bloc. Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg also repeated his charge from Monday that Russia was supplying pro-Moscow...
Ukraine, NATO agree to expansion of cooperation
Ukraine and NATO have signed a series of agreements on increasing the Western military alliance’s presence in the European country, which has been hit by conflict in the eastern regions. Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko said on Tuesday that the agreements are aimed at strengthening cooperation between Kiev and NATO in the sphere of...
Ukraine, NATO agree to expansion of cooperation
Ukraine signs deals on NATO’s greater presence in the conflict-hit country. …read more Source:...
Russia still arming Ukraine rebels despite truce: NATO chief
Russia is still sending weapons to separatist rebels battling the Ukrainian government despite a fresh truce in the war-torn east of the country, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Sept. 22 …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
High-profile trial of Ukrainian pilot begins in Russia
A Russian court has begun hearing the high-profile case against Ukrainian officer Nadezhda Savchenko, who is charged in the deaths of two Russian journalists in eastern Ukraine …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia starts drone surveillance missions in Syria
Russia has begun drone surveillance missions in Syria, US defence officials said Monday. The move marks Moscow’s first military air operations there since undertaking a rapid buildup at a Syrian air base. US officials said the drone operations appear to based out of the air base near the western port city of Latakia, where last week a...
Ukraine rebels offer to postpone local vote – separatist website
Pro-Russian rebels proposed on Tuesday postponing the date of local elections in separatist parts of east Ukraine to February 2016 in an effort to lift peacemaking out of ‘stalemate,’ according to a statement posted on separatist website LITs. Under terms of the much-violated Minsk peace agreement, reached in February, local elections were...
Ukraine leader expresses wish to join NATO
Kkrainian President Petro Poroshenko has told the country’s security council that staying out of the NATO alliance was a ‘criminal’ policy that his government is ready to reverse …read more Source: The Daily...
Azerbaijani man arrested for kidnapping two Ukrainians in Istanbul
An Azerbaijani man has been arrested after he kidnapped and held for ransom two Ukrainians vacationing in Istanbul …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
French oil giant Total ready to resume coop. with Iran
Deputy Oil Minister Rokneddin Javadi said on Monday that National Iranian Oil Company welcomes the development of economic cooperation with the French oil company Total. “The new agreements will create good opportunities in exploration, development, maintenance, production and enhanced oil recovery projects in which foreign companies are welcome...
