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Poroshenko: In July, U.S. Secretary of State will visit Ukraine, as well as Secretary Generals of NATO and UN
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko announced that in July, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will visit Ukraine, as well as NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and UN Secretary General António Guterres.
“We are awaiting a visit from U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to Kyiv in July, and our work in Washington will continue. We are also awaiting a visit from UN Secretary General Guterres and a visit from the NATO Secretary General, which will also be in July,” he said in an …
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NATO fighter approached Russian Defense Minister’s plane over Baltic
On Wednesday, June 21, an F-16 fighter belonging to the army of a NATO state buzzed an airplane with Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu on board. The incident took place over the neutral waters of the Baltic Sea. Shoygu was traveling to Kaliningrad for an off-site session of the Russian Defense Ministry College.
The Minister of Defense’s plane was escorted by Russian Su-27 jets. After one of the escorting fighters approached the NATO F-16 and “tilted its wings to show its weapons”, the F-16 …
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Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs: NATO has much to learn from Ukraine
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said in an interview with Profil that Ukraine could benefit NATO.
"The Western alliance must prepare for new challenges, and with Ukraine it will be easier than without us ... We have shown that we fight for our country. We are no longer an easy target. This applies not only to supplies or our experience with the Russians' hybrid war. Our NATO partners can learn a lot from us: tactics, endurance, and combat readiness. Without these qualities, modern …
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Lukashenko is concerned about the deployment of NATO military drones near the borders of Belarus
RIA Novosti reported that President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that Minsk's concern is caused not only by the deployment of NATO military contingents at the border with the Republic, but also by the deployment of military drones.
"The troops are tolerable. However, most modern unmanned aerial vehicles are also deployed there... they are huge, like real planes. Those are attack drones, against whom?" Lukashenko said on Thursday in Minsk at a meeting with the secretaries of the …
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Kremlin: Russia will respond to NATO's reinforcement in Poland
If there is a reinforcement of the US military contingent in Poland, Russia will take all military, political and economic measures in the context of necessary defense, said Frants Klintsevich, first deputy chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security, to RIA Novosti.
Earlier, Polish President Andrzej Duda said that he intends to discuss the matter of enlarging the American military presence in the country with US President Donald Trump during his visit.
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Romanian President: NATO has to maintain its dialogue with Russia while continuing ‘deterrence policy’ towards it
Klaus Johannis, the President of Romania expressed the opinion that negotiations with Russia on its actions in the region are possible only under NATO's “deterrence policy.”
“I think we need a dialogue, but we also need what we are working on in NATO, a powerful deterrence policy. Such a combination of deterrence and dialogue should lead to a solution that is acceptable to all parties,” Johannis said at a meeting with US President Donald Trump.
Johannis added that “Moscow’s aggression against …
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NATO Saber Strike exercises to begin in Latvia
NATO's Saber Strike multinational exercises, in which more than 2,000 soldiers from eight countries will take part, will start in Latvia on Saturday and will last until June 15th.
Saber Strike is held annually, and involves joint exercises of ground and air troops under the command of U.S. forces in Europe. Servicemen from Latvia, Lithuania, Italy, Norway, Great Britain, Poland, Slovakia and the USA will participate this year.
As stated by the Latvian Defense Ministry, the goal of the …
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Kremlin: Russia reserves the right to respond to Montenegro’s entry into NATO
Against the background of the formal completion of the procedure for Montenegro's entry into NATO, Moscow reserves the right to retaliate in relation to Podgorica’s hostile actions, as stated in comments by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, which were posted on the department’s website.
"The continuing anti-Russian hysteria in Montenegro causes us only regrets. In light of the hostile line of Montenegrin authorities, the Russian side reserves the right to take …
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Putin discussed possibility of Russia 'joining' NATO with Clinton
President Vladimir Putin said that he suggested to former US President Bill Clinton that he consider the possibility of Russia joining the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO). This was reported by Politico, citing excerpts from an interview of Putin with film director Oliver Stone which was published on Vimeo.
“I remember one of our last meetings with President Clinton, when Clinton was still in office. He visited Moscow, and during a discussion I said, ‘We would consider an option, that Russia …
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Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada: Ukraine's accession to NATO must be defined by law
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Andriy Parubiy wrote on his Facebook page that Ukraine’s accession to NATO should be put in its legislation.
"After visiting the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Tbilisi this week and following the results of a very fruitful communication with our allies and partners from the North Atlantic alliance, it was decided that Ukraine's membership in NATO as a priority of the state foreign policy should be determined at the legislative level," Parubiy said.
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