Day: January 24, 2017

Angela Merkel German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that the world is entering a new historical era. On Tuesday, January 24, according to Reuters. “I think that after a quarter-century after the unification of Germany, the end of the Cold war, perhaps, a new historical era is replacing another,” said Merkel. However, she expressed the opinion that openness, and not populism, polarization, and isolation would be the solution to such global issues as globalization. “We have to show that adhere to the basic principles of our nation,” added the Chancellor. January 22, foreign Minister of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier said that with the election of Donald trump for President of the United States, the old world of the twentieth century, “finally over.” In his view, the world must be ready for turbulent times. The question of which values will be dominant in the twenty-first century, remains open, he added. The inauguration of

Peter Siyyarto Anti-Russian sanctions “ineffective and harmful” for the European economy and for the Russian Federation. In an interview with “Kommersant” said the head of the foreign Ministry of Hungary Peter Siarto. In particular, the loss of his country from restrictive measures on exports for three years amounted to $ 6.5 billion. “Given that annual volume of Hungarian exports is about $ 90 billion, is a sensitive loss.” Szijjártó expressed hope for an easing of sanctions in March during the EU summit, however, “much depends on the Russian-American dialogue”. “This will not impact directly on the position of Budapest, but may have an impact on the EU as a whole: if in dialogue of Moscow and Washington there is a positive shift, it will be easier to convince our friends in Europe to follow the same path. It is obvious that business is against the policy of sanctions,” he said.

Director of the middle East Department of the MFA of Russia Sergey Vershinin (center), special envoy of the President of Russia Syria, Alexander Lavrentiev (right) First day of Syrian peace talks in Astana were successful. As reported by RIA Novosti, said at a press conference the head of the Russian delegation, Alexander Lavrentiev. “Despite the fact that initially, the tension was quite high, but after all parties have demonstrated a reasonable approach, tried in the end to avoid any action that could be put on the line to disrupt this very important as we consider events of international resonance”, — he said. Thus, according to Lavrentiev, the level of distrust on the part of the Syrian armed opposition in the negotiations in Astana on Syria faded, they realized that Russia is a reliable partner. At the same time to bring delegations of the Syrian authorities and the opposition for the