Section: Radio Pakistan (Pakistan)
Syrian crisis tops agenda of EU Foreign Ministers meeting to be held later on Monday.
The European Union (EU) has declared support to UN efforts to arrange a ceasefire in Syria’s second city of Aleppo. The EU Foreign Affairs Chief Federica Mogherini said special UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura briefed foreign ministers on plans for a ceasefire between government and rebel forces in Aleppo. The Syrian crisis tops the agenda...
State Department deputy spokeswoman says crises in Ukraine, Syria will also be discussed at the meeting.
US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov are meeting in Rome on Sunday to discuss the Middle East situation. State Department deputy spokeswoman said the crises in Ukraine and Syria will also be discussed at the meeting. …read more Source: Radio...
10,000 soldiers, pro-Russian rebels and civilians also sustained injuries in fighting.
The United Nations say four thousand six hundred people have been killed in the Ukrainian conflict so far. According to data, ten thousand soldiers, pro-Russian rebels and civilians also sustained injuries in the fighting. …read more Source: Radio...
Russia has denied directly supporting the rebels.
In Ukraine, pro-Russian rebels have called for an emergency session of the UN Security Council for sending international peacekeeping force into the war zone. The leadership of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic said in a statement in Kieve on Tuesday that they want intervention of a peacekeeping force to control the...
Jens Stoltenberg urges Moscow to pull back its troops.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has denounced Russian military build-up both inside Ukraine and on the Russian side of the border. He urged Moscow to pull back its troops. Stoltenberg said NATO saw movement of troops, equipment, tanks, artillery and also of advanced air defense systems in violation of a ceasefire agreement. A ceasefire...
Ministers met in Brussels against a backdrop of fresh fighting in eastern Ukraine.
European Union Foreign Ministers met in Brussels on Monday to discuss fresh sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis. The Ministers met in Brussels against a backdrop of fresh fighting in eastern Ukraine despite a September ceasefire between Kiev and pro-Moscow rebels. The EU talks come on the occasion of a G20 summit in Brisbane that...
Nine other soldiers and five police officers were also wounded.
In Ukraine, six soldiers and three police officers have been killed in eastern parts of the country. Officials in Kiev said nine other soldiers and five police officers were also wounded. …read more Source: Radio...
British PM urges Russia to stop meddling in Ukraine or face further sanctions.
Western nations sent in G-8 Summit in Australia warned to impose more sanctions on Russia if it did not stop interference in Ukraine. President Obama said Russia’s isolation would deepen if it refused to change its course and violate international law by providing heavy arms to separatists in Ukraine. British Prime Minister David Cameron...
Aim of Summit is to devise ways, means to promote economic growth in world.
The two-day G-20 Summit of World leaders begins in Australia, on Saturday [November 15]. The aim of the Summit is to devise ways and means to promote economic growth in the world. The World leaders attending the Summit will also discuss the plan agreed by the G-20 Finance Ministers’ at their meeting held in February this year to boost...
The summit will be attended by the US, Chinese and Russian leaders among others, will focus on promoting growth.
The two-day G-20 Summit starts in Australia tomorrow. The summit will be attended by the US, Chinese and Russian leaders among others, will focus on promoting growth. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott had said the leaders would discuss job creation, identifying tax cheats and strengthening the global economy. Tensions with Russia over Ukraine...
