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Pledging reforms by 2020, Ukraine seeks roadmap to NATO membership
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization will begin discussions on a roadmap to get Ukraine into NATO, with Kiev pledging reforms to it up to standard by 2020, President Petro Poroshenko said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Nato says it supports Ukraine against Russia’s ‘aggressive actions’
KIEV: Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg on Monday pledged the alliance’s support for Ukraine as it faces a bloody insurgency by pro-Russian separatists in its eastern regions. More than 10,000 people have been killed since a Russian-backed rebellion against the pro-EU government in Kiev erupted in April 2014. Ukraine and the West accuse Moscow of...
Trump says time to work ‘constructively’ with Russia
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Sunday he wanted to work “constructively” with Russia, including on cyber security, despite confronting Vladimir Putin over alleged meddling in last year’s American elections. While ruling out easing sanctions so long as the two countries remain at odds over Syria and Ukraine, Trump...
Trump says time to work ‘constructively’ with Russia
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Sunday he wanted to work “constructively” with Russia, including on cyber security, despite confronting Vladimir Putin over alleged meddling in last year’s American elections. While ruling out easing sanctions so long as the two countries remain at odds over Syria and Ukraine, Trump said it was...
Ukraine's gloom over Trump lifts as Tillerson visits
KIEV (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Sunday Russia must make the first move to bring peace to eastern Ukraine, during a first official visit to Kiev that President Petro Poroshenko called a powerful signal of U.S. support. …read more Source: The...
Tillerson says Russia must make first move in Ukraine peace process
KIEV (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Sunday that Russia must take the first steps to de-escalate violence in eastern Ukraine, adding that Washington’s primary goal is the restoration of Ukrainian territorial integrity. …read more Source: The...
Stormy G20 ends with opt-outs for Trump on climate, trade
HAMBURG: World leaders made concessions on trade and climate language to Donald Trump Saturday at the end of the most fractious and riot-hit G20 summit ever, in exchange for preserving a fragile unity of the club of major industrialised and emerging economies. But the gesture opened the door for others, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...
Stormy G20 ends with opt-outs for Trump on climate, trade
The final statement acknowledged Trump’s decision to go his own way on taking the United States out of the 2015 Paris climate accord. AFP Photo HAMBURG: World leaders made concessions on trade and climate language to Donald Trump Saturday at the end of the most fractious and riot-hit G20 summit ever, in exchange for preserving a fragile...
Russian media cheer over Trump and Putin handshake
MOSCOW: Russia’s pro-Kremlin media reacted triumphantly on Saturday to the first handshake and lengthy talks between President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump at the G20 meeting in Hamburg. The popular tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda headlined its front page Putin and Trump found a way to peace in Syria and Ukraine and...
Kremlin says need for measures for genuine Ukraine ceasefire
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Implementation of the Minsk agreements to end the conflict in Ukraine’s crises has been too slow, and there is a need for measures leading to a genuine ceasefire, a Kremlin spokesman said on Saturday. …read more Source: The...
