Section: Xinhua (China)
Ukraine says gas dispute with Russia not to harm transit to Europe
27(Xinhua)–Ukraine’s state-run energy company Naftogaz said here Friday that a fresh flare-up in the gas dispute between Kiev and Moscow will not harm gas supplies to Europe e. …read more Source:...
Italian PM, NATO chief call for peaceful solution to Libyan, Ukraine conflicts
Peaceful solutions to the Libyan and Ukraine conflicts were at the center of talks between Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Rome on Thursday. …read more Source:...
Kerry to meet with top Russian, Iranian envoys over Ukraine, nuclear talks
The Ukrainian military on Thursday started to withdraw its heavy weapons from the front line,as the independence-seeking rebels did two days ago in the country’s east under a new cease-fire deal reached in the Belarusian capital of Minsk on Feb. Washington and its Western allies have threatened new sanctions on Moscow over its violation of...
Russia sees situation in Donbass improving
The situation in southeastern Ukraine has been improving despite Kiev’s attempts to derail the cease-fire agreement, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday. …read more Source:...
U.S. military leaders say Russian response to lethal aids unpredictable
U.S. military leaders said Wednesday that the White House was still mulling whether to arm Kiev with lethal weapons, and admitted that Russian response to such lethal aids was unpredictable. …read more Source:...
French FM warns of more sanctions against Russia if port attacked
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Wednesday Russia would face more sanctions if pro-Moscow fighters attack Ukraine’s government-held port of Mariupol. …read more Source:...
Moscow calls on OSCE to monitor Ukrainian insurgents’ weapon withdrawal
Russia urged the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) special mission in Ukraine to monitor the weapon withdrawal in eastern Ukraine, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday. …read more Source:...
Heavy weaponry withdrawal locked in stalemate in eastern Ukraine
Both the Ukrainian government and the pro-independence insurgents failed to start a withdrawal of their heavy weapons from the front line in eastern Ukraine as agreed, official reports showed Monday. …read more Source:...
British, U.S. foreign policy heads discuss Ukraine, IS in London
British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and visiting U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday discussed the Ukraine crisis, the Islamic State (IS) and the Iranian nuclear program here. …read more Source:...
Russia’s Putin visits Hungary in bid for support from EU member
Russian President Vladimir Putin paid a brief visit to Hungary on Tuesday as the European Union increased its sanctions against Moscow and a fragile cease-fire took shape in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
