Posts Tagged ‘Russian diplomacy’
Posted by seumasach on February 28, 2013
President Vladimir Putin said Russia backed the French operation “to restore constitutional and democratic order in the country.”
Translated from diplomatic language this means: we understand your effort to create a diversion from your failed attempts to overthrow Assad – now is the time to abandon such attempts.
RT
28th February, 2013
Presidents Putin and Hollande share the same goal of settling the conflict in Syria. But at a meeting in Moscow, talk of operating in ‘parallel’ shows there’s still a clear divide in how Russia and France want to resolve the crisis.
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Posted by seumasach on February 27, 2013
M.K.Bhadrakumar
Indian Punchlinek
If Tuesday possibly began with an overcast sky over Syria, it certainly would have ended with a ray of sunshine piercing the clouds.
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Posted by seumasach on February 25, 2013
M.K.Bhadrakumar
Asia Times
25th February, 2013
An unusual visitor arrived in Moscow last Tuesday – President of the Kurdistan region in northern Iraq Massoud Barzani. The Kurds played it up as Barzani’s “first official visit” to Russia. Moscow called it a “working visit” but nonetheless embellished the official trappings – President Vladimir Putin received him at the Kremlin on Wednesday.
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Posted by seumasach on February 14, 2013
M.K.Bhadrakumar
Indian Punchline
14th February, 2013
An impression has formed lately that, as government-owned China Daily newspaper commented editorially last week, the prospects of a peaceful settlement of the Syrian crisis are looking up.
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Posted by seumasach on January 20, 2013
Meanwhile, back in the Benighted Isle the government strives to keep anti-Russian enmity alive. We’ve had our final “we will rule the world” flourish, and now we’re sulking.
RT
19th January, 2013
Three thousand British sailors who braved arctic conditions and enemy bombers to deliver vital supplies to the Eastern Front during WWII have been denied medals for bravery offered by Russia for their outstanding service.
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Posted by seumasach on January 17, 2013
SANA
17th January, 2013
DUSHANBE, (SANA)- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov strongly criticized the statements on the responsibility of the Syrian government forces for the terrorist attack which targeted Aleppo University on Tuesday, describing them as “repulsive and unscrupulous”.
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Posted by seumasach on December 11, 2012
Ben Tanosborn
Middles-East Online
11th December, 2012
will an enlightened Obama now on his second and final term in office fall off his horse on his way to Damascus… and get a new vision on America’s role in the Middle East and, hopefully, beyond that region? Asks Ben Tanosborn.
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Posted by seumasach on November 17, 2012
Syria Online
16th November, 2012
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said that there are sides that want chaos in Syria, adding that Russia rejects that because Syria is near to Russia’s borders.
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Posted by seumasach on November 17, 2012
PressTV
17th November, 2012
Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country will back Egyptian efforts to put an end to the Israeli aggression in the besieged Gaza Strip.
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Posted by seumasach on November 15, 2012
Times Herald
14th November, 2012
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia says providing assistance to Syrian opposition fighters would breach international law.
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Posted by seumasach on October 28, 2012
Zero Hedge
26th October, 2012
Exxon Mobil is no longer the world’s number-one oil producer. As of yesterday, that title belongs to Putin Oil Corp – oh, whoops. I mean the title belongs to Rosneft, Russia’s state-controlled oil company.
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