Posted by seumasach on July 11, 2012
9th July, 2012
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin once again voiced his concerns over a U.S. bill penalizing Russian officials for human rights abuses and Washington’s plans for a missile defense system based in Europe, in a wide-ranging speech to Russia’s diplomats on Monday summarizing Russian foreign policy.
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Posted by seumasach on July 11, 2012
10th July, 2012
Russia said on Tuesday that it had dispatched a flotilla of 11 warships to the eastern Mediterranean, some of which would dock in Syria. It would be the largest display of Russian military power in the region since the Syrian conflict began almost 17 months ago. Nearly half of the ships were capable of carrying hundreds of marines.
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Posted by seumasach on July 10, 2012
10th July, 2012
Russian President Vladimir Putin has condemned the West for its interventionism and the adoption of “missile-bomb democracy” in solving international disputes.
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Posted by seumasach on July 4, 2012
3rd July, 2012
Russia regrets the Syrian opposition’s position on the Geneva conference, as well as that of some Western countries who wish to distort the agreements, FM Sergey Lavrov said.
“It seemed to us that the consensus reached in the final communique is an important step to consolidate the positions of all members of the international community, the participants in the conference and Syrian sides, on the positions of a peaceful settlement and the refusal to solve the problem in the military way,” Lavrov told reporters on Tuesday.
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Posted by seumasach on June 13, 2012
13th June, 2012
Le ministère russe des Affaires étrangères a envoyé aux chancelleries concernées des invitations à participer à la première réunion du Groupe de contact pour la Syrie, le 20 juin 2012, à Moscou.
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Posted by seumasach on June 13, 2012
13th June, 2012
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday stressed Russia’s support to the Syrian state, saying it is the axis of stability in the region.
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Posted by seumasach on June 10, 2012
Pour faire baisser la tension, la France a immédiatement accepté la proposition russe de participation à un Groupe de contact ad hoc. Washington a dépêché en urgence Frederic C. Hof à Moscou. Contredisant les propos tenus la veille par la secrétaire d’État, Hillary Clinton, M. Hof a à son tour accepté l’invitation russe.
LE CONFLIT SYRIEN RISQUE DE DÉGÉNÉRER EN GUERRE MONDIALE
Thierry Meyssan
9th June, 2012
La crise syrienne a changé de nature. Le processus de déstabilisation qui devait ouvrir la voie à une intervention militaire légale de l’Alliance atlantique a échoué. Ôtant leur masque, les États-Unis ont publiquement évoqué la possibilité d’attaquer la Syrie sans l’aval du Conseil de sécurité, comme ils le firent au Kosovo. C’était feindre d’ignorer que la Russie de Vladimir Poutine n’est pas celle de Boris Eltsine. Après s’être assuré du soutien chinois, Moscou a tiré deux coups de semonce en direction de Washington. La continuation des violations du droit international par l’OTAN et le CCG risque désormais d’ouvrir un conflit mondial.
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Posted by seumasach on June 10, 2012
External players are goading opposition in Syria to military action; this may lead to a Libyan scenario, the Russian Foreign Minister says. Moscow is calling for an international conference “under the UN umbrella” to implement the Annan plan.
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Posted by seumasach on June 4, 2012
Russia is gearing up to play an effective role in world affairs. Its assertive stance on Syria and Iran can be expected to extend to Pakistan and Central Asia. Russia kept its participation over the NATO summit on a low-key and saw to it that none of the Central Asian leaders who were invited – from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan – attended either. Meanwhile, Moscow also hosted a summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). Putin is undertaking visits to Belarus, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan during the week ahead and is virtually launching his Eurasian project.
M.K.Bhadrakumar
2nd June, 2012
The back-to-back visits to Pakistan this week by China’s Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and the Russian president’s special envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, are rich in political symbolism and strategic content.
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Posted by seumasach on June 1, 2012
31st May, 2012
Russia hopes that the European states will refrain from launching a military intervention in Syria, says Moscow’s envoy to the EU, Vladimir Chizhov.
“I sincerely hope that the European, as well as other countries’ leaders will manage to keep cool and bereasonable enough to avoid the dangerous path of escalation of tensions, or, especially, an armedintervention,” Chizhov said during a Moscow-Brussels videoconference on Thursday.
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Posted by seumasach on May 15, 2012
15th May, 2012
The Russian Foreign Ministry on Monday urged international bodies operating in Kosovo to prevent the region from turning into a training ground for Syrian rebels.
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