The United States and China will hold the first high-level talks after Russia’s full invasion of Ukraine as the Biden government continues to try to persuade Beijing to exert influence over its neighbor to end the crisis, according to Bloomberg. The White House said that National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan will meet in Rome on […]
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The Mitsotaki-Erdogan meeting is the foundation for a calmer era
LAST UPDATE: 17.25 Of Dimitris Gatsiou The agenda of the two-hour discussion of the two leaders in Istanbul. What the Greek Prime Minister and the President of Turkey agreed on. Green light for the discussion of Confidence Building Measures, which will take place in Ankara in April. For about two hours and in a positive […]
US National Security Adviser: Russia will pay a “heavy price” if it uses chemical weapons in Ukraine
LAST UPDATE: 17:21 White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan warned Sunday that Russia would pay a “heavy price” if it launches a chemical weapons attack on Ukraine, and said any attack on NATO territory would provoke a full response from the alliance. Sullivan told CBS’s “Face the Nation” show that the United States and […]
Negotiators from Russia and Ukraine are seeing progress in the talks
LAST UPDATE: 16:26 Ukrainian negotiator and presidential adviser Mikhail Pontoliak said Sunday that he believed progress could be made in talks with Russia in the coming days, as the Russian side “has become more constructive,” Reuters reported. “We will not back down in the first place. Russia understands this now. Russia has already started talking […]
French Foreign Minister: President Putin is trapped in his maximalism
President Putin is trapped in his maximalism, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told a French television station today. The French minister said he was pessimistic about what was to come in Ukraine because of what he said was Russian hypocrisy in both humanitarian aid talks and diplomatic consultations on a ceasefire. Referring to China’s […]
Poland-A. Duda: NATO must think about what it will do if Russia strikes with weapons of mass destruction
LAST UPDATE: 11.51 NATO President Andrei Duda has demanded that NATO think about what Russia should do if Russia strikes Ukraine with weapons of mass destruction. In particular, the Polish president said that if Putin uses weapons of mass destruction in Ukraine, it will signal a change in the game. In this case – he […]
Reactions inside the US for possible lifting of sanctions in Venezuela
The Biden administration’s interest in regaining access to Venezuela’s oil has provoked strong reactions within the country, amid concerns that it will support an authoritarian regime that is a close ally of Russia, according to a Wall Street Journal article. Reactions have come from both Republicans and many prominent Democrats, as well as the US-backed […]
At 1 pm the Mitsotaki-Erdogan four in Istanbul. The agenda of the discussion of the two leaders
Of Dimitriou Gatsiou The diplomatic and geopolitical eyes of Athens are being transferred to the winter from the snow and the low temperatures of Istanbul. At two in the afternoon local, Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet for the fourth time in three years. And this time, the dramatic developments on the Ukrainian […]
The Qatari Foreign Minister is going to Moscow today
The Qatari foreign minister will travel to Moscow on Sunday for talks on talks over Iran’s nuclear program and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a source familiar with the visit said, according to Reuters. The source stressed that Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani will meet with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. Talks in Vienna on […]
Iran suspends diplomatic talks with Saudi Arabia
Iran has suspended a fifth round of talks with Saudi Arabia, the Nour news website reported on Sunday, according to Reuters. “Iran has unilaterally suspended talks with Saudi Arabia,” Nour news reported, without giving a reason for the development. He also said that no specific date has been set for a new round of talks. […]