Day: September 24, 2017

The Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on international Affairs Konstantin Kosachev © Valery sharifulin/TASS MOSCOW, September 24. /TASS/. Intrigue in the parliamentary elections in Germany did not work; if the exit poll data are confirmed by official figures, that would mean a vote of confidence “bundeskanzlerin”. This opinion was expressed on Sunday, the head of the Federation Council Committee on international Affairs Konstantin Kosachev. “If official data confirm the results of exit polls, as it was expected, the parliamentary elections in Germany were a vote of confidence “bundeskanzlerin”. Intrigue did not work,” Kosachev wrote on his page in Facebook. The Senator added that this intrigue had died immediately after the nomination of the social Democrats Martin Schulz as a rival to Angela Merkel. Kosachev believes that the social Democrats were in principle very difficult task to criticize the government, which they are part, and offer alternatives where the population

Photo: © 2017 AFP / Timothy A. Clary The Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, speaking Thursday at the UN General Assembly, called welcome the statement of the President of the United States Donald trump about the importance of respecting the sovereignty of States. In his speech Lavrov made no mention about the size of the military budget of Russia, accuse or threaten any countries and prefer to talk about common to all member States of the UN values: equality, international cooperation against common challenges and threats. At the end of his speech, the Russian foreign Minister recalled the words of Roman philosopher Seneca that “we were born to live together”. Response to Trump and an example of North Korea and Iran Speech of Russian foreign Minister to the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly lasted about 19 minutes, less than half said Tuesday the President of the United States

Photo: Wikipedia Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets with UN Secretary-General antónio Guterres. About it informs TASS. The meeting is held in the headquarters of the organization. The parties greeted each other in front of reporters, and further communication has continued without the press. Also States that Lavrov has left record in the book greetings of UN Secretary General.

Photo: globallookpress.com U.S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson said Russia was violated the agreement on non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. He said this during a meeting of the UN Security Council, which focused on the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, reports RIA Novosti. “In recent years, Russia has sometimes acted in a manner that weakens the global rules and undermines the principle of responsible Nations. Examples of this include the violation of Russia’s own commitments to the Treaty on the elimination of intermediate-range and shorter-range nuclear forces (INF), failure to comply with security assurances that were given at the end of the cold war, impeding efforts to develop the legacy of past efforts on nuclear safety, and attempts to undermine the independence of the IAEA in the investigation of covert nuclear programs,” said Tillerson. He also called on Moscow to explore how best to support efforts to prevent