Day: September 17, 2017

Saakashvili postponed the “taking” of Kiev until October The former Governor of the Odessa region Mikhail Saakashvili decided to postpone the return to Kiev and postponed it until Oct. About this he wrote in his Facebook. “We decided to join the initiative of civil society activists and to gather in Kiev on 17 October with three requirements: the establishment of anticorruption courts, the abolition of parliamentary immunity, the adoption of a new electoral law. And other requirements we will be collecting throughout Ukraine until the 17th,” said the politician. Speaking on Saturday in Ivano-Frankivsk, Saakashvili said that during trips to the cities of Ukraine, he will collect questions from people to power and will rally support of their claims that they were close enough to October 17. “No breakthrough was last Sunday and will not be to the Verkhovna Rada. I have no aggressive intentions. I’ll travel around the country”,

Britain after a Brexit intends to conclude an agreement with the EU on security LONDON, 17 Sep — RIA Novosti, Denis Voroshilov. UK after Brexit will offer the EU to enter into a separate agreement on cooperation in the field of security, the main point which will be the fight against terrorism, reported RIA Novosti senior source in the British government. “The fight against crime and terrorism should be a key element of the new agreement in the field of security between Britain and the EU after Brexit. Government (United Kingdom) offer to enter into such an agreement tomorrow (Monday). The agreement intends to lay the legislative foundations for continued cooperation in the field of security, criminal justice and law enforcement after the UK leaves the EU. The government would explain its position in the plan to publish the document”, — said the Agency interlocutor. According to him, amid growing

WSJ: the US will not come out from the Paris climate agreement NEW YORK, September 17. /TASS/. The US administration will not withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, however, will try to adjust the conditions of their participation in it. This was reported in Saturday newspaper The Wall Street Journal. She refers to the results of the Ministerial meeting on the issue held in Montreal. “The United States stated that it would not reopen the Paris agreement, but will try to adjust the conditions under which they can participate in this agreement,” the newspaper quoted European Commissioner for energy and climate change Miguel arias Cañete, who took part in the meeting more than 30 Ministers from various countries. According to the source newspaper, Advisor to the White house Everett Eissenstat during a meeting in Montreal said that Washington is studying the agreement aims at the quantitative reduction of emissions to

Photo: RIA Novosti The United States could defuse the situation around the DPRK, saying that it is not infringing on the sovereignty of North Korea; but it is unlikely the Americans will go for it, said the first Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on defense and security Frants Klintsevich. The DPRK on Friday conducted another launch of a ballistic missile that flew over Northern Japanese island of Hokkaido in the Pacific ocean. “Each missile launch, the DPRK only reinforces the tensions in the world, making the development of a catastrophic event more likely,” — said Klintsevich reporters on Friday. The Senator noted that it still considers such actions of Pyongyang’s blatant provocation. “You can choose other equally rigid definition, all the words of condemnation have already said more than once. But, unfortunately, it does not promote a solution to the problem in the slightest”, he added. According to

Photo: Reuters The Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held a telephone conversation with U.S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson, said in a statement on the official account of the Russian foreign Ministry in Facebook. “The foreign Ministers discussed prospects for further cooperation on resolving the Syrian conflict with a focus on sustainability of the zones of de-escalation”, — stated in the message.