Qatar has declared its readiness to sit down at the negotiating table with the Arab countries The foreign Minister of Qatar Mohammed bin Abdurrahman al-Thani expressed the readiness of Qatar to resolve the crisis of diplomatic relations with the countries of the Persian Gulf. The Minister told reporters in Washington, reports Reuters. “Doha is ready to discuss with the Arab countries, “reasonable measures” to put an end to the regional crisis,” the Minister said. The foreign Minister stressed that during his stay in Washington, he held talks with U.S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson and discussed “the prospects of a political resolution to the conflict.” Tillerson, according to the Minister, called the demands of the Arab countries to Qatar “hard feasible”. According to the channel Al Jazeera, Muhammad bin Abdurrahman al-Thani also said at a meeting with journalists that Qatar “has a good performance in the fight against terrorism.” According
Day: June 30, 2017
Mattis: NATO to increase the budget, recognizing that Russia will be a partner in the near future
Mattis: NATO to increase the budget, recognizing that Russia will be a partner in the near future BRUSSELS, 29 June. /TASS/. Countries — NATO members increase their military budgets, because I think that Russia in the foreseeable future will not be a partner of the Alliance. This was stated on Thursday, the Pentagon chief James Mattis following the meeting of NATO defense Ministers. “The increase of military budgets of NATO countries for several years testifies to the awareness of the members of the Alliance the fact that Russia in the near future will not be a partner of this organization, what we wanted to see in the 90-ies of the last century,” he said. The Pentagon chief also noted that the NATO decision to strengthen its military capacity affects all areas, from cybersecurity to nuclear deterrence. “I firmly believe that NATO has identified the right areas where we need to
Pushkov commented on the decision of Poroshenko to change the status of Crimea
Pushkov commented on the decision of Poroshenko to change the status of Crimea MOSCOW, 29 Jun — RIA Novosti. Russian Senator Alexey Pushkov considers the decision of the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko change the status of Crimea in the Constitution proper. He said this on Twitter. “Poroshenko instructed to change the status of Crimea in the Constitution of Ukraine. True, it is better not to mention as irretrievably lost territory,” he wrote. Earlier, the Verkhovna Rada Yuriy Chizhmar reported that Poroshenko instructed the Constitutional Commission to prepare a draft to change the status of the Peninsula as the “Republic of Crimea cannot already exist as part of a unitary country.” In the Kremlin, commenting on the initiative, stressed that it did not perceive statements by foreign leaders regarding the status of the Russian regions. In Kiev have repeatedly said that Crimea will soon return to the Ukraine. So, Poroshenko