Section: Africa&ME
Normandy four agreed to meet as Minsk deadlock persists
Clashes continue between pro-Russia militias and government forces in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Merkel expects ‘no wonders’ from four-way Ukraine talks
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that “no wonders” should be expected at talks on a stalled peace plan for eastern Ukraine which she will host today with the leaders of Russia, France and Ukraine. Other top officials, including Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, also dampened expectations of any breakthrough at the talks in Berlin on...
Poroshenko ‘not optimistic’ about Berlin summit
Oslo: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Tuesday he did not have “very high expectations” ahead of a Berlin summit called to discuss peace efforts in his country. “Let’s not have very high expectations on this meeting,” Poroshenko told a joint press conference with Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg in Oslo. “Am I optimistic...
Obama tells Trump to ‘stop whining’
President Barack Obama yesterday slapped down Donald Trump’s claim that the 2016 presidential race is rigged, telling the Republican to “stop whining” and get on with his campaign.In language normally reserved for chastising a stroppy teenager, Obama discarded diplomatic decorum and skewered the mogul from the Rose Garden in front of...
Sanctions against Russia over Syria possible: Germany
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says he does not have ‘very high expectations’ for the upcoming Berlin talks. …read more Source:...
Merkel to host Putin for summit on Ukraine, Syria
Fighting in east Ukraine which has claimed nearly 10,000 lives has dragged on despite a peace plan brokered by Germany and France/AFP-FileBERLIN, Germany, Oct 18 – Russian President Vladimir Putin heads to Berlin on Wednesday for a summit focusing on escalating tensions between Moscow and the West over the Kremlin’s strategy in Ukraine and...
What’s next after the UNESCO resolution regarding Al-Aqsa?
The draft resolution issued by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) denying a link between Judaism, Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Buraq (“Wailing”) Wall was a harsh blow to one of the most important aspects of the fabricated historical narrative on which Zionist ideology was founded. This narrative was – and continues to be...
Merkel to host Putin for summit on Ukraine, Syria
It will also be Putin’s first visit to the German capital since the Ukraine conflict broke out in 2014. …read more Source: World...
Ukraine President ‘Not Optimistic’ about Berlin Summit
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Tuesday he did not have “very high expectations” ahead of a Berlin summit called to discuss peace efforts in his country. “Let’s not have very high expectations on this meeting,” Poroshenko told a joint press conference with Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg in Oslo. “Am I optimistic enough? Yes...
Leaders of France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia to meet on Ukraine conflict
BERLIN (Reuters) – The leaders of Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine will meet in Berlin on Wednesday to discuss the stalled Minsk peace plan to end the conflict in eastern Ukraine, but officials quickly dampened expectation of any breakthrough. The post Leaders of France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia to meet on Ukraine conflict appeared first on...
