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Ukraines PM IMF Aid Accord Within Reach
KYIV – Ukraine and a team from the International Monetary Fund could reach an agreement on further financial aid for the country’s war-battered economy in the next 48 hours, even though talks are … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Crunch Time in Minsk Will the German Chancellor Bring Peace to Ukraine
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande flew to Moscow on Friday for an emergency meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin to try to put an end to the spiraling … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Ukrainian central bank says will hold concluding press briefing with IMF on Thursday
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s central bank said on Wednesday it would hold a “concluding” joint press conference with the International Monetary Fund and the Ukrainian Finance Ministry in … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
World leaders in Belarus to discuss Ukraine crisis
The heads of state of Russia, Ukraine, France, and Germany arrived here for negotiations on Ukraine crisis Wednesday evening. Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko was the first to arrive at the Palace … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Russia warns against US arms supply to Ukraine
Russia warned Tuesday that Washington’s plans to supply arms to Kiev would further destabilise the situation in Ukraine. “Russia is truly interested in solving the crisis. All other plans to … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Obama Not Ruling Out Sending Lethal Defensive Aid To Ukraine
U.S. President Barack Obama says he is looking into the option of sending lethal defensive weapons to Kyiv “if diplomacy fails” to solve the current crisis in eastern Ukraine, where pro-Russian … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Germany Warns European Order at Risk Ahead of Ukraine Peace Talks
LONDON – Leaders from France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia are due to meet in Minsk on Wednesday in the latest attempt to reach a peace deal in the Ukrainian conflict. Russian President Vladimir … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Obama US-EU unity reinforced on Ukraine crisis
US President Barack Obama said Monday that Ukraine crisis had reinforced unity of the US and its European allies while he did not rule out possibility of providing lethal weapons to the Ukrainian … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Obama Says Russia Has Clearly Violated Agreement On Ukraine
U.S. President Barack Obama said after a February 9 meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Washington that it is clear Russia has violated a previous agreement on Ukraine. Obama said Russia … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Merkel Obama discuss Ukraine crisis
US President Barack Obama discussed the Ukraine crisis with German Chancellor Angela Merkel here Monday and said Russia “violated just about every commitment” made in the Minsk agreement. The Minsk … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
