Category: Politics

The Prime Minister of South Korea invited the DPRK to resume the meetings of separated families While Lee NAK-Yeon said that the policy of Seoul is not different from the position of the world community, advocating for pressure on Pyongyang. SEOUL, July 3. /TASS/. The Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea Lee NAK Yeon proposed the DPRK to hold a new meeting of separated families of South and North. He declared it today in interview to TV channel KBS. A meeting would be desirable during the celebration of the 72th anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japanese colonial rule or the autumn harvest festival and commemoration of the ancestors Chuseok.If NAK Aspremier-Minister of South Korea The current state of inter-Korean relations he likened to a river which “flows under the ice”. Lee NAK-Yong stated that North Korea policy of Seoul is not different from the position of the world community,

Four Arab countries have agreed to extend the ultimatum to Qatar MOSCOW, 3 Jul — RIA Novosti. Four Arab countries accepted the proposal of Kuwait to extend the ultimatum to Qatar for 48 hours, transfers TV channel “al Arabiya”. Earlier, the government of Kuwait has urged Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt to give Qatar an additional 48 hours to reply to the ultimatum. The foreign Minister of Qatar Mohammed bin Abdurrahman al Thani had intended to send a response to Doha for an extended number of Arab countries demands on Monday. Later, the Egyptian foreign Minister said that the foreign Ministers of four Arab countries will meet Wednesday in Cairo to discuss the situation with Qatar. Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt on 5 June broke off diplomatic relations with Doha and stopped with Qatar every message, accusing him of supporting terrorism and interference in their internal Affairs. The

Sergei Ryabkov © Sergey Fadeichev/TASS MOSCOW, July 3. /TASS/. The delay by Washington seized of the situation around the Russian diplomatic property would lead to a mirrored response. This was stated in interview to the newspaper “Izvestia” Deputy foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov. “No movement [around the situation with diplomatic property] no. Our constant complaints to Washington with the demand without any conditions, immediately return our property, which is protected by diplomatic immunity, have no effect”, – stated the diplomat. According to him, the United States, from a legal point of view, “grossly violate the provisions of the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations”. “And they are inconsistent even with their own law, which prevents such an encroachment on private property – said Ryabkov. She was acquired the Soviet Union and then transferred to Russia. There can be no other interpretation or reading.” The Deputy Minister stressed that it was “a flagrant

Photo: RIA Novosti NATO has been unable to respond to the growth of terrorism, the Alliance continues seriously to shake the structure of security in Europe, said Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. “The Alliance is still in the logic of the cold war, trying to find justification for their own existence”, — said Lavrov, speaking at the Second Acceptance readings. “While NATO has been unable to give an adequate response to the growth of the main threats — terrorist. And at the same time their actions seriously rocked and continues to rock the structure of security in Europe. This, of course, is contrary to the aspirations of the peoples of the European continent”, — said the head of the foreign Ministry.

Photo: RIA Novosti The Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov said that Moscow expects that a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and US leader Donald trump in Hamburg at the G20 summit will bring clarity to the future of relations between the two countries. He said this in his speech on “Acceptance readings” in Moscow. “Of particular importance in today’s world is given to the relations between Russia and the United States, from which depends the solution of many international problems, ranging from the provision of strategic stability, settlement of regional crises,” — said Lavrov. However, he noted “abnormal state” of relations between the US and Russia. “We expect our presidents’ meeting in Hamburg, which was announced, will bring clarity to the question about the prospects of Russian-American cooperation”, — said the head of Ministry of foreign Affairs. Earlier the adviser of the us leader’s national security, Herbert

Kuwait called on four Arab countries to extend the ultimatum to Qatar MOSCOW, 3 Jul — RIA Novosti. The government of Kuwait has urged Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt to give Qatar an additional 48 hours to reply to the ultimatum, reports the Kuwaiti news Agency Kuna. Earlier it was reported that the foreign Minister of Qatar Mohammed bin Abdurrahman al Thani will give the answer of Doha for an extended number of Arab countries demands on Monday. Later, the Egyptian foreign Minister said that the foreign Ministers of four Arab countries will meet Wednesday in Cairo to discuss the situation with Qatar. Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt on 5 June broke off diplomatic relations with Doha and stopped with Qatar every message, accusing him of supporting terrorism and interference in their internal Affairs. The decision was later joined by several other States. Came into confrontation with the

The United States lifted a ban on the transportation of laptops on planes from Abu Dhabi The US authorities have lifted a ban on the transportation of laptops on Board planes arriving from the airport of the capital of UAE, Abu Dhabi, imposed because of the threat of terrorist attacks. This publication reports The National. Information about the lifting of the ban on his Twitter confirmed the UAE Embassy in the United States. “New security measures introduced in Abu Dhabi airport allows passengers to bring laptops and tablets into the cabin,” said the diplomats. The airport of the capital of the UAE was the first against whom Washington took the decision to cancel such security measures. The head of Emirates airlines, Etihad Airways, Peter Baumgartner noted that it was “evidence of the reputation of Abu Dhabi, its airport is one of the safest”. He explained that the lifting of the

The U.S. declared the “freedom of navigation” in South China sea WASHINGTON, 2 Jun — RIA Novosti, Tatyana Kalmykova. USA and will continue to use their right of “freedom of navigation” in the South China sea, told RIA Novosti the representative of US state Department. Earlier, China accused the United States in flagrant violation of its sovereignty and international law in connection with the entry of American destroyer in the waters of the disputed Xisha Islands in the South China sea, which China claims as its. The state Department said that the U.S. “is a comprehensive program of “Freedom of navigation”, which aims to challenge excessive Maritime claims in order to preserve the rights, freedoms and uses of the sea and airspace guaranteed to all Nations in accordance with international law”. The interlocutor of the Agency noted that the United States continue regular operations in the framework of the program

Photo: RIA Novosti Attempts to sow discord in relations between Russia and Belarus will only increase, and the information policy of the Union state needs to meet these challenges, said the speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko on Friday in plenary, the fourth interregional forum of the two countries. “Don’t stop, and, I believe, will only increase the attempts to sow discord between Russia and Belarus, to destabilize the internal situation. The information policy of the Union state needs to meet the challenges of the time”, — said Matvienko. We must not forget that both of our countries are in conditions of the declared information war, she said. According to Matvienko, in the framework of the previous day’s sections, agreements were reached on the development of joint measures on information security and “carrying out actions against negative information impact on the population of the Union state”. The Federation Council

Photo: RIA Novosti The CEC of Russia registered on 30 June, two new deputies of the State Duma, representative of “United Russia” Nikolay Malov and Rizvan Kurbanov from the Communist party, which received mandates in connection with the early termination of powers, the man behind other parliamentarians of their factions. Nikolay Malov received a mandate vacated by Marat Safin, and Kurbanov, Sergei Reshulsky.