Category: Politics

Kosachev responded to US threats about possible military action against the DPRK NEW YORK, 18 Sep — RIA Novosti. The military operation of the USA and its allies against the DPRK will compel Pyongyang to answer to available means, and Russia will not allow Washington such experiments on its borders, said the head of the international Committee of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev. U.S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson said earlier that Washington is trying to find a peaceful solution to the Korean problem, but a military option is also allowed, although not necessary in the first place. US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley said that the United States has exhausted the opportunity to resolve the North Korean problem in the framework of the United Nations. She noted that if the DPRK will threaten the security of the United States and its allies, will be destroyed. “They (North Korean

Prime Minister of Japan believes that further dialogue with North Korea will lead to a dead end NEW YORK, September 18. /TASS/. The dialogue with the DPRK, given the regular missile and nuclear tests, as well as past experience, can only lead to a dead end. This opinion was expressed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in his article published Sunday in the newspaper the New York Times. “Everybody wants a peaceful solution to North Korean problems, and international unity is of paramount importance. However, prioritization in favor of diplomacy and underlining the importance of dialogue [with the DPRK] will not work. History shows that in this case it is imperative the pressure from the international community,” he said. Abe recalled the withdrawal of the DPRK in the 1990-ies from the International atomic energy Agency and the Treaty on the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons. In addition, in his opinion, the six-party

The foreign Ministry told about the results of the meeting of Lavrov and Tillerson NEW YORK, 18 Sep — RIA Novosti. The foreign Ministers of Russia and the USA Sergey Lavrov and Rex Tillerson discussed cooperation on Syria and the implementation of the Minsk agreement on Ukraine, told reporters following the meeting, the official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova. “In new York hosted a meeting of Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of state Tillerson. The parties discussed cooperation on the Syrian crisis and other aspects of the situation in the middle East and North Africa, as well as the implementation of the Minsk agreements,” she said.

The Minister of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson © Alexander Shcherbak/TASS UN, September 18. /TASS/. The Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson discussed cooperation on the Syrian crisis and the settlement of the situation in Ukraine. On that Sunday reported in the Russian depodesta.

Permanent representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzia © EPA-EFE/PETER FOLEY UN, September 18. /Spec. Q. Maria Khrenova TASS/. Moscow supports the UN reform through negotiations and, most likely, will not support the proposed United States Declaration on the conversion of the world organization. This was stated on Sunday in an interview with TASS Russia’s permanent representative at the United Nations Vasily sebenza. “I think that, most likely, no,” said he, answering the question whether Russia is among the countries that signed the document. Nebesa said that the UN reform should be realized through dialogue among all member countries of the organization. “The reform itself is carried out not by Declaration, but by an intergovernmental negotiating process in all member countries,” – said the diplomat.

Photo: Reuters U.S. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has prepared a bill on expenditures of the state Department on international activities in the year 2018, proposing to allocate at “countering Russian influence and aggression,” $20 million more than previously planned. “At least $120 million should be available for assistance to counter Russian influence and aggression in Europe and Eurasia by the Fund to counter Russian influence,” explained Graham in the document. It is noted that $35 million can be directed to “the assistance to Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia”, $20 million — for law enforcement and counter-narcotics. Most of the funds from the Fund to counter Russia $65 million — in the case of the bill will go to “the program of financing of foreign armed forces.” “The funds allocated in accordance with the law and available to assist States parties of the Eastern partnership, should be available for the further

Photo: RIA Novosti Former U.S. Secretary of state John Kerry fears that supported by Russian President Vladimir Putin the idea of the introduction of UN peacekeepers in the conflict zone in the Donbass can be “a trap”. He stated this on Friday, September 15, during a speech at the forum “Yalta European strategy”, reports RIA Novosti. “We need to make sure it’s not some kind of trap,” said former Secretary of state. He noted that in the zone of conflict in the first place to solve the issue define the border. Next, you should make sure of the necessity of implementing the Minsk agreements and availability guarantees that Ukraine can determine their own future without limitations. September 11, Putin said that he supports the idea of sending UN peacekeepers to Ukraine. However, according to him, speech can go only about the function of ensuring the safety of OSCE personnel, the

WP: the White house is growing concern because of the crisis over Qatar WASHINGTON, September 18. /TASS/. Concern about the crisis over Qatar continues to grow in the White house after more than three months after the beginning of the conflict in the Persian Gulf. This was reported in the Sunday newspaper the Washington Post, citing sources in the Washington administration. “We put a lot of investment, — quotes the edition of the representative of the White house. — Is it acceptable that American business starts talking to us about the cancellation of their contracts because of the situation in the [Persian] Gulf?”. He also pointed to a potential threat to the American airbase, which fly the aircraft for anti-terrorist operations. “We all start to feel a crisis [around] Qatar prevents what we want to do,” said a source. He noted that the White house is trying to encourage the

Lavrov arrived in new York to participate in the work of the UN General Assembly The Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov has arrived in new York to participate in the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly. About it the correspondent of RIA Novosti. As reported earlier, the official representative of the foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova, the work program of Lavrov in the coming week includes several dozen high-level events. In particular, the Russian foreign Minister will speak at the UN, will take part in the traditional meeting of foreign Ministers in multilateral and regional formats on the sidelines of the General Assembly. In addition, Lavrov will hold bilateral talks, including with the UN Secretary-General antónio Guterres and US Secretary of state Rex Tillerson.

Ukraine can present its own draft resolution on the placement of the UN mission in the Donbass UN, September 18. /TASS/. USA and Ukraine expressed their unwillingness to work on the text of the draft resolution on the deployment of security for the UN mission in the Donbas, with Kyiv may submit an alternative document. This was stated Monday in an interview with TASS, Russia’s permanent representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzia. “This project has already been discussed in the framework of the Security Council, it was the reaction from partners, the diplomat said. — We offered work on the text, but the delegations of Ukraine and the United States after the first debate said they hereinafter are not willing to work, they will have substantive comments, and perhaps the Ukrainians will be a counter-proposal on the issue of deploying a peacekeeping mission in the Donbas.” “The Ukrainian side has