Day: April 5, 2018

Putin urged the international community to help rebuild Syria Moscow. April 4. INTERFAX.RU — the President of Russia Vladimir Putin appealed to the international community to help the economic recovery of Syria. He added that more major task — the restoration of the Syrian economy, which is the common case. “We very much hope that after the completion of the political processes that work to restore the economy of Syria will be a large scale”, — said Putin. The Russian President stressed that politicization of the humanitarian situation in Syria is unacceptable, and Russia, Turkey and Iran will continue to coordinate its activities in the humanitarian field. “An important part of our discussions took the humanitarian issues. Was stated the inadmissibility of politicization of this topic, the need for strict implementation of resolution 2401 of the UN security Council, which aims to alleviate the suffering of civilians throughout Syria,” he

Version of the poisoning Skripal using buckwheat absurd, said Zakharov MOSCOW, 4 APR — RIA Novosti. Version of the poisoning of ex-GRU Colonel Sergei Skripal buckwheat or through a package with spices absurd, every day in the media of Britain are thrown the new version of the incident, said the official representative of the Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova. In the British media on 1 April, articles appeared with the version that Skripal and his daughter could get a dose of toxic substances through packaging with buckwheat. “One of the latest versions is, of course, absurd: toxic substance could be provezano in a package of buckwheat or package with the Bay leaf and spices, which Julia Skripal did not take before leaving the UK and asked him to bring some friend flying with her husband in London,” said Zakharov on the briefing. “That is all done purposefully to completely confuse

Ukraine has declared its intention to detain all coming out of the Crimea court Ukraine will detain all vessels that entered or left from the ports of the Crimea without permission of Kiev. This was stated by the speaker of the Ukrainian state border service Oleg Slobodyan. “Ukraine’s position is clear: the Crimea is illegally occupied part of Ukraine, therefore, violations of the procedure of entry and exit from the occupied territory law enforcement agencies to react immediately”, — quotes its “Explorer.” At the same time, commenting on possible Russia’s response to such actions, Slobodyan said that “Ukraine takes measures to protect his interests,” and its ability “adequate to the existing threats.” “I know that in the framework of cooperation in the sector of security and defense measures for the protection of the interests of Ukraine are fulfilled. As for what can do Russia can do a lot of things,

© REUTERS/Hannah McKay LONDON, April 3. /TASS/. The British side refuses to grant consular access to the victims of the Salisbury ex-GRU Colonel Sergei Skripal and his daughter Julia, as well as to provide information about the circumstances of the death of Nikolay Glushkov.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan © Mikhail Metzel/TASS MOSCOW, April 3. /TASS/. Obstacles to the development of relations between Russia and Turkey is not. Ankara is Moscow’s “priority and a very reliable partner”, said Russian President Vladimir Putin at a press conference on the first day of talks with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

© Mikhail Metzel/TASS ANKARA, April 4. /TASS/. The President of Russia Vladimir Putin noted the importance of the joint statement on Syria in support of the sovereignty and unity of this country against the background of attempts to aggravate the contradictions in the Arab country. “Reached important agreements, which is reflected in the adopted following the meeting a joint statement – he said at the summit. – Note that this document emphasized the firm commitment of Russia, Iran and Turkey to contribute to the strengthening of sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic. Such a principled stance is particularly relevant today, amid the growing attempts to aggravate inter-ethnic and inter-confessional relations in the Syrian society.” Putin added that such attempts aim to “split the country apart, while maintaining the potential for conflict in the middle East for many years to come”.