Day: July 1, 2017

The first woman Chairman of Hong Kong has officially entered a post The Chairman of Hong Kong Carrie Lam officially took office. On Saturday, 1 July, reports Reuters. Lam became the first woman in this post. In her speech, she said that will make every effort to keep the policy of “one country, two systems”. The inauguration ceremony was held on the day of the 20th anniversary of handover of Hong Kong under Chinese jurisdiction in the same place, where he resigned last British Governor Chris Patten. CNN reports that the ceremony was also attended by Chinese President XI Jinping. It is noted that this is his first visit to Hong Kong since coming to power in 2013. During his speech he warned the supporters of the independence of China, “any attempt to undermine national sovereignty and security, to challenge the authority of the Central government and the provisions of

Photo: TASS On Thursday the official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova once again accused the American media of lying. This time they got the message that for the selected RF facilities of the Russian departmenet in the United States was allegedly discovered “aerial reconnaissance”. “A number of American media, starting with the “Washington post” reported that on selected objects belonging to the Russian Federation in Washington and new York, allegedly discovered “traces the dismantling of the antennas, computers and other exploration equipment”, in this case, reference is made to FBI agents who conducted a search there, – the Russian diplomat clarified its position. – Pro equipment is a spy again, this is pure lies. Unfortunately, at this level, more falling even Central American edition”. However, she noticed that a number of features can really define that the objects of the Russian diplomatic property in the United States was

Photo: RIA Novosti On the Russian-us relations faced a “storm cloud”, but Moscow is making efforts to restart the dialogue. Such a statement on Thursday, June 29, speaking at the “Primako readings” in Moscow, did Russian Deputy foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov. His words RIA Novosti reported. “I’m inclined to agree with the fact that on our relationship hung black “storm cloud”, but there is also lightning protection, and ways to escape. Therefore we do not lose our historical optimism,” — said Ryabkov. The diplomat also explained why consultations between Moscow and Washington at the level of Deputy foreign Ministers, scheduled for June 21 was postponed. “There are about 400 Russian organizations are under us sanctions, the number of Russian citizens under sanctions of close to two hundred years. And against this background, in a massive expansion of sanctions under the false pretext it was difficult to hold the event, but