M.K.Bhadrakumar
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.
Posts Tagged ‘Russian diplomacy’
Russia gets free hand to calm Syria
Posted by seumasach on February 14, 2013
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Honor denied: UK won’t let WWII vets accept Russian bravery medals
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.
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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Lavrov: Statements on Syrian Forces’ responsibility for Aleppo terrorist attack repulsive and unscrupulous
Posted by seumasach on January 17, 2013
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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Will US Vision of Middle East Change on the Road to Damascus?
Posted by seumasach on December 11, 2012
Ben Tanosborn
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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Putin: Russia rejects chaos in Syria
Posted by seumasach on November 17, 2012
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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Russia will back Egyptian efforts to end Israeli aggression: Putin
Posted by seumasach on November 17, 2012
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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Russia says helping Syrian opposition breaches law
Posted by seumasach on November 15, 2012
14th November, 2012
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia says providing assistance to Syrian opposition fighters would breach international law.
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Putin Is the New Global Shah of Oil
Posted by seumasach on October 28, 2012
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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Lavrov: We will defend UN Charter while solving crisis in Syria
Posted by seumasach on October 11, 2012
11th October, 2012
MOSCOW, (SANA) – Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, stressed on Wednesday that Russia will defend the principles of the UN Charter regarding solving the crisis in Syria and settling the Iranian nuclear file.
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Russia warns NATO against prolonged stay in Afghanistan
Posted by seumasach on October 11, 2012
11th October, 2012
Russia has warned that it will stop cooperating with NATO in Afghanistan after 2014 unless the Western military alliance gets UN Security Council authorization for a new mission in the war-torn country.
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Towards a Western retreat from Syria
Posted by seumasach on October 10, 2012
“BEFORE OUR VERY EYES”
Thierry Meyssan
9th October, 2012
The Syria war drags on. Continuing it has become too expensive and too dangerous for its neighbors. Russia, which aims to re-establish itself in the Middle East, is trying to show the United States that it is in their best interest to allow Moscow to resolve the conflict.
The military situation in Syria is turning against those in Washington and Brussels who hoped to change the regime there by force. Two successive attempts to take Damascus have failed and it has become clear that that objective cannot be achieved.
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