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Greece has blocked a European Union statement criticizing human rights in China. About it reports Reuters. It was planned that the EU will submit a claim with a unified position of all member countries at the meeting of the UN Council on human rights, but Athens is against it. According to the Agency, this is the first case when the European Union failed to submit a statement to the Council on human rights. Earlier statements criticizing China regularly blocked Hungary, but at this level this happens for the first time. According to the statements of the Greek foreign Ministry, the Declaration contained “unconstructive criticism” of China. “From the point of view of Greece, this approach was counterproductive, — stated in the text. — In many cases of selective criticism of individual countries is not conducive to improving the situation of human rights in these countries and leads to a deterioration

Sergei Lavrov The Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov said that following the meeting on Syria will be held in Astana on 10 July. On Monday, June 19, RIA Novosti reported. “The next meeting will be held in Astana on 10 July that it will participate and the special representative of the Secretary-General Staffan de Mistura. It was at this meeting the parties agreed to complete the harmonization of the specific parameters of the modalities of ensuring of the regime that should exist in the areas of de-escalation and their perimeter,” said Lavrov at a press conference following the meeting of foreign Ministers of BRICS countries held in Beijing. 4 may in Astana, the guarantor countries —Russia, Turkey and Iran signed a Memorandum on the establishment of security zones in Syria. According to the document, four such zones (in Idlib province, to the North of the city of

The organizers of the trip of former Japanese residents of the South Kuril Islands announced the cancellation of the first Charter flight from Japan to this part of the Islands. On Monday, June 19, RIA Novosti reported. This decision was taken due to weather conditions. The flight was originally scheduled for 18 June, was postponed several times due to fog on the Kuril island of Kunashir and, in the end, was cancelled. Deputy foreign Minister of Japan Nobuo Kishi told reporters that “the weather conditions have not changed, and there was no other choice but to cancel the trip”. According to him, the government of Japan will make efforts to arrange a new visit to the South Kuril Islands in the course of this year. June 17 in the village of Nakashibetsu ceremony on the occasion of the first flight between the Japanese island of Hokkaido and the southern Kuril

As a result of arrival of the van at people in North London on June 18 killed one person. This was reported by London police in his Twitter. — Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) 19 June 2017, 03:52 Ten people were injured, eight of them were hospitalized, two of them help was provided on the spot. Police also refuted earlier information about the knife wounds of the visitors of the mosque of Finsbury Park, which was hit by a car. The van driver was arrested. They found 48-year-old man. His mental status check. Prime Minister Theresa may said that the police considers the incident in London as a possible terrorist attack. Previously, the newspaper the Sun reported that as a result of the collision of a car into people in London could have been killed two people.

As a result of the collision of a car into people in London could have been killed two people. On Monday, June 19, the newspaper the Sun. The newspaper points out that the car went off the road and crashed into people coming out from the mosque Finsbury Park. The same information was disseminated, and the Muslim Council of Britain. — MCB (@MuslimCouncil) 19 Jun 2017, 00:18 Newspaper the Evening Standard, citing eyewitnesses reported that after the car crashed into people, jumped out armed with a knife the young man who dealt them several blows to passers-by. Also the newspaper pointed out that police had detained “a white male with dark hair.” The newspaper did not specify whether this person is carrying bladed weapons. “I saw four or five people lying on the ground. At least one of them was stabbed. The crowd caught the guy. He tried to do

Continued: There is evidence for the victims of the incident in London The van had run into a crowd of people in London. On Monday, June 19, according to Reuters. City police indicates that the incident on the street seven Sisters in North London, several people were injured. One person was arrested. — Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) 19 Jun 2017, 00:04 Daily Mail reports that as a result of the incident injured at least 10 people. Also, the publication indicates that people themselves pushed the driver of the van to the ground, and then handed over to the police. Traffic on the street was blocked. Authorities urged local residents to seek alternative routes. — TfL Traffic News (@TfLTrafficNews) 18 June 2017, 23:59 According to The Independent, witnesses say that the van went off the road into a crowd of people near the mosque of Finsbury Park, but it is unclear whether

Two people were killed in an attack on a tourist complex in the suburbs of the capital, Bamako. On Sunday, June 18, according to Reuters. The attack had been popular among foreigners complex in the place Dogorama. Four armed men arrived to the territory of the tourist object on motorcycles and car and opened fire, killing two people. In captivity of militants were 36 people, including 13 French citizens. Arrived at the security personnel eliminated the attackers. The Minister of security, Mali’s Salif traoré stated that it was discovered the bodies of two attackers, two more bodies are looking for. Another official of the Department said that the attack on a tourist facility could carry out the jihadists.

A joint mission of the United States and Ukraine will perform in the period from 19 to 24 June observation flight over the territory of Russia within the international Treaty on open skies. On Sunday, June 18, the newspaper “Red star”. The flight will be executed on the American aircraft observations OS-135Б from the airport Khabarovsk (New). During the execution of the flight on an agreed route Russian specialists on Board the surveillance plane will monitor strict compliance with its agreed parameters and application of the contractual instrument. The observation aircraft OC-135Б belongs to the class of aircraft, not intended to use any weapons. The plane and installed on the observation equipment (aerial cameras) have passed international certification, which was attended by Russian experts, which excludes the use of technical means, not covered by the contract, the publication adds. The Treaty on open skies was signed in 1992. This document

Russian yacht Katalexa, detained by border guards of the DPRK, returned to Vladivostok. On Monday, June 19, reports TASS with reference to the Maritime rescue coordination centre of Vladivostok. “Yes, the boat came to Vladivostok,” — said the Agency interlocutor, without specifying exactly when Katalexa returned to port. Yacht Katalexa was detained in the northwestern part of the sea of Japan on 16 June. On Board were three crew members. The ship was distilled from Taiwan to the island of Russian in Vladivostok. Last time on the boat has received information from the South Korean port of Pohang, in which she went along the way. According to North Korean diplomats, local fishermen showed “excessive vigilance” in the framework of the campaign against poachers, reported the ship allegedly violating the border of North Korea, the border service, TASS. 13 may 2016, the Russian yacht “Elfin” was arrested by North Korean coast

The President of Russia Vladimir Putin in the next few weeks will make a working visit to Udmurtia and the Sverdlovsk oblast, which is now headed by acting heads of regions Alexander Brechalov and Evgeny Kuyvashev. On Monday, June 19, the newspaper “Izvestia”. One of the goals of Putin’s visit will be to evaluate the work of officials, the newspaper writes. Press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov confirmed to the newspaper that such trips of the head of state are prepared. Plans to visit the capital of Udmurtia Vladimir Putin said June 15 in a straight line. A resident of Izhevsk during a live broadcast complained about the state of her home: housing has long been recognized as an emergency, but to carry his plan only in 2029. The woman said that living in this house 12 years impossible. The President noted that just going to the Republic and