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Merkel presses Putin to ensure Ukraine ceasefire holds
German Chancellor Angela Merkel pressed Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to use his influence to ensure a ceasefire is upheld in eastern Ukraine and OSCE monitors are granted free access to conflict areas, her spokesman said. “Here, Russia must assert its influence on the separatists,” spokesman Steffen Seibert said in a...
Merkel tells Putin to ‘use influence’ on Ukraine separatists
German chancellor wants to see Putin act ‘in order to obtain further progress towards a comprehensive political solution’ …read more Source: World...
Merkel tells Putin to ‘use influence’ to rein in Ukraine rebels
Chancellor Angela Merkel Tuesday told Russian President Vladimir Putin to use his influence to rein in pro-Kremlin rebels in eastern Ukraine, a day after the German leader warned that a peace deal was not being fully implemented …read more Source: The Daily...
Merkel presses Putin to ensure Ukraine ceasefire holds
…read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Russia ‘still sending troops and weapons’ to East Ukraine
Kiev and Moscow finalized a ceasefire deal in Minsk last February, but sporadic clashes still took place on the frontline …read more Source: Al...
Legalizing Marriage to Afghans | Financial Tribune Daily
The Iranian Embassy in Kabul has announced that its consulates in Afghanistan would register the marriages of Iranian women with Afghan men.In a statement, the embassy asked Afghans married to Iranian women, to register their marriages at the Iranian consulates in Herat, Kandahar, Jalalabad and Mazar-e-Sharif, IRNA reported.Iranian women married...
Kiev Refutes Media Report on Ukraine’s Troop Deployment in Syria
TEHRAN (FNA)- Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry dismissed a report published by The Independent newspaper in London on alleged plans by Kiev to join the fight against the ISIL terrorist group in Syria, the ministry’s Ambassador at Large, Dmitry Kuleba, said on Monday. …read more Source: Fars News...
Russia aims to destabilize Ukraine, Poroshenko says
Petro Poroshenko says fighting has not abated, weapons still crossing border …read more Source: Anadolu...
German-Russian ties feel Cold War-style chill over rape case
By Andreas Rinke and Paul Carrel Moscow’s intervention in an alleged rape case involving a German-Russian girl has heightened suspicions in Berlin that it is trying to stir up trouble, with a view to weakening Chancellor Angela Merkel. The case of the 13-year-old, named only as Lisa F., became the focus of political intrigue after she told...
Ways out of a blind alley in Ukraine
Almost one year after the Minsk agreement to resolve the Ukraine crisis, diplomats are working frantically behind the scenes but the two sides are still entrenched. Frank Hofmann reports from Kyiv. …read more Source:...
