Section: ANTARA News (Indonesia)
Obama and Putin meet amid tensions: White House
US President Barack Obama met his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin three times on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific summit on Tuesday, with their conversations covering Iran, Syria and Ukraine, the White House said. … …read more Source: ANTARA...
Gorbachev says world is on brink of new Cold War
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned in a speech in Berlin on Saturday that East-West tensions over the Ukraine crisis were threatening to push the world into a new Cold War, 25 years after the fall of the Berlin … …read more Source: ANTARA...
Indonesia sets good example of democracy: Ukrainian envoy
Ukrainian Ambassador to Indonesia Volodymyr Pakhil said Indonesia has set a good example of democracy during the Presidential Election held this year which eventually elected Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and M. Jusuf Kalla as President … …read more Source: ANTARA...
Ukraine defence min. resigns
Ukrainian Defense Minister, Valery Geletey, stepped down with President Petro Poroshenko accepting his resignation officially, after fierce criticism from most political parties in the country. According to Russian news … …read more Source: ANTARA...
Ukraine, Russia leaders to meet in a bid to rescue truce
Ukraines President Petro Poroshenko on Saturday said he will meet with Russias Vladimir Putin next week as Kiev reported rebel attacks have subsided, signalling the possibility of rescuing a truce in the six-month conflict. … …read more Source: ANTARA...
Kerry, Lavrov to meet in Paris with Ukraine, Syria on agenda
US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov next week in Paris with issues from Ukraine to Syria set to top the agenda. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki confirmed the two men would … …read more Source: ANTARA...
Russia to deploy reinforcements to Crimea area: Minister
Russias defence minister called on Tuesday for the deployment of reinforcements to Crimea and southern Russia, citing the worsening crisis in Ukraine and the buildup of foreign forces nearby. Sergei Shoigu told a meeting … …read more Source: ANTARA...
Ukraine-EU association agreement to be ratified Tuesday
The association agreement between Ukraine and the European Union will be ratified on Tuesday without any amendments to the text, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavel Klimkin said on Tuesday after trilateral talks with Russian … …read more Source: ANTARA...
US sanctions not make Russia change its principled position
Russia considers Washington’s new anti-Russian sanctions as another hostile step, the Russian foreign ministry said on Friday. Moscow expects world’s opinion on Ukraine sanctions against Russian media “We consider … …read more Source: ANTARA...
MH17 crash site still unsafe for investigators: Dutch
The site in eastern Ukraine where flight MH17 crashed two months ago is still too unsafe for investigators to resume the recovery of victims remains, Dutch Defence Minister Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert said on Thursday. A … …read more Source: ANTARA...
