Section: United Arab Emirates
Ukraine at ‘crossroads’ as troop deaths shake truce
International monitors said yesterday the conflict in Ukraine was at a “crossroads”. …read more Source: Gulf...
Fresh soldier deaths rattle Ukraine truce
KIEV: Ukraine said on Friday three soldiers had been killed, the first fatalities in several days in the war-torn east, as a shaky truce with pro-Russian rebels appeared to gain some traction with an apparent weapons pull-back. Isolated skirmishes highlighted the fragile situation as the UN discussed the conflict exactly one year after Russia and...
UAE, Ukraine sign security pact
Two nations firm up a future cooperation framework …read more Source: Gulf...
Faris Al Mazrouei: Military Cooperation Agreement between UAE and Ukraine does not include any arms deals
ABU DHABI, 27th February, 2015 (WAM)–Ambassador Faris Al Mazrouei, Assistant Foreign Minister for Security and Military Affairs, has said that the military and security cooperation agreement signed by the United Arab Emirates with the Republic of… …read more Source:...
Faris Al Mazrouei: Military Cooperation Agreement between UAE and Ukraine does not include any arms deals
ABU DHABI, 27th February, 2015 (WAM)–Ambassador Faris Al Mazrouei, Assistant Foreign Minister for Security and Military Affairs, has said that the military and security cooperation agreement signed by the United Arab Emirates with the Republic of Ukraine, does not include any arms deals. …read more Source:...
Cyprus plays down naval deal with Russia
NICOSIA: Cyprus played down on Thursday an agreement granting Russian warships access to its ports and denied there was any request from Moscow to open a base on the island. The heavily indebted eurozone member has close investment and tourism ties with Russia and has repeatedly expressed misgivings about EU sanctions against Moscow. But the deal...
Ukraine withdraws arms from border
KIEV: Ukraine’s military on Thursday said it had started the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the frontline, bolstering a stuttering peace plan as the United States and Russia traded barbs over the conflict. The announced pull-back — a key part of a peace deal negotiated earlier this month — comes after a shaky truce that was meant to come...
Ukraine says pulling back arms as US, Russia trade barbs
Announcement of the pull-back comes after a shaky truce …read more Source: Gulf...
PERRYSCOPE – Obama vs. Putin: Can Obama survive Round 3?
By Perry Diaz It wasn’t too long ago when President Barack Obama was the undisputed world leader since the end of the Cold War in 1989; he reigned over the greatest empire the world has ever known. But recently, he had become too complacent lording it over a unipolar world order, confident that the sun will never set on Pax Americana. But...
West’s shows ‘unwillingness’ in Ukraine truce: Lavrov
Russia on Thursday called Western threats of fresh sanctions against Moscow evidence that Washington and Brussels … …read more Source: Gulf...
