Section: Africa&ME
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...
News24.com | Ukraine, Nato strengthen collaboration
Ukraine and the Western military alliance Nato have signed a series of documents to strengthen their collaboration as their leaders meet in Kiev. …read more Source:...
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...
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...
Ukraine, NATO agree to expansion of cooperation
Ukraine signs deals on NATO’s greater presence in the conflict-hit country. …read more Source:...
IMF calls on investors to participate in Ukraine debt exchange
The International Monetary Fund urged all of Ukraine’s creditors to support a debt restructuring deal, saying it was critical that investors holdin …read more Source: The New...
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...
Will Morocco Become Russia’s New Weaponry Customer?
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Moscow – The Russian Federation and the Kingdom of Morocco might go further into comprehensive cooperation to include military deals. What challenges might this move face? In August 2015, several Russian and Moroccan media outlets reported that Morocco and Russia were close to signing a deal for...
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...
