Section: Africa&ME
Hollande, Merkel in fresh push for Ukraine peace
French President Francois Hollande said Feb. 5 he and German Chancellor Angela Merkel would visit Kyiv and Moscow in a fresh push for peace in Ukraine, but warned diplomacy ‘cannot go on indefinitely’ …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
EU leaders head to Ukraine with peace initiative
More to this story The leaders of France and Germany have said that they would deliver a new peace initiative to the Ukrainian and Russian capitals, amid a flurry of high-level diplomacy to end the war. French President Francois Hollande said he and… …read more Source:...
EU leaders head to Ukraine with peace initiative
French President Hollande and German Chancellor Merkel travel to Kiev and Moscow with a new Ukraine peace plan. …read more Source: AL...
Merkel and Hollande head to Ukraine with new peace plan
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande will present “a new proposal for a comprehensive settlement” of the Ukraine con …read more Source: The New...
Britain says to contribute troops, planes to reassure Baltics over Russia
By Kylie MacLellan Britain will send four Typhoon fighter jets again this year to help NATO with air policing in the Baltic States, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said on Thursday, promising that up to 1,000 British troops will also join a NATO rapid reaction force. NATO agreed at a summit in Wales last September to create a “spearhead” rapid...
Hollande, Merkel head to Kiev, Moscow for crisis talks
‘France does not want Ukraine to be part of NATO,’ declares French president …read more Source: Anadolu...
German, French leaders to take Ukraine peace plan to Kiev, Moscow
By Nicholas Vinocur and Lesley Wroughton The leaders of Germany and France launched a new diplomatic initiative over Ukraine on Thursday, announcing they would fly together to Kiev and Moscow with a proposal to resolve the conflict that could be “acceptable to all”. The coordinated trip by Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Francois Hollande...
France was not in favour of Ukraine joining NATO
French President Francois Hollande said that France was not in favour of Ukraine joining NATO. …read more Source: World...
Kerry in Ukraine as US mulls arms supplies
More to this story US Secretary of State John Kerry … …read more Source:...
NATO meets to approve strengthening forces in eastern Europe
NATO defense ministers met at the organization’s headquarters in Brussels on February 5, 2015. (Reuters/Francois Lenoir) Brussels, Reuters—NATO defense ministers met on Thursday to sign off on a network of command centers in eastern Europe to rapidly reinforce the region in the event of any threat from Russia, as well as a new regional...
