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NATO agrees to provide assistance to Finland in the event of a crisis in the Baltic
NATO will be able to provide assistance to Finland in the event of a crisis in the Baltic region. This was said by the Alliance’s Deputy Secretary-General, Alexander Vershbow.
“It is possible that a crisis in the Baltic Sea region could affect NATO members and Finland. NATO would then probably decide to respond to this by protecting member countries and by providing assistance to its close partners,” Lännen Media quoted Vershbow as saying.
Vershbow also spoke about the “very close ties” …
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Philippine President Duterte hopes to open alliances with Russia and China
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he will visit Russia and China this year to create “open alliances” with the two countries in pursuit of an independent foreign policy, Reuters reported.
"I am ready to not really break ties [with the US] but we will open alliances with China and... Medvedev, he is awaiting there for my visit," Duterte said.
The President of the Philippines added that he would like to open up the "other side of the ideological barrier".
Duterte also noted that the …
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Lithuanian authorities recall Defense Attache in Russia
On Friday, Lithuania formally recalled the Defense Attaché in Russia, Saulius Pikturnu, because of his marriage to a woman from the Crimea. ”From this day forward, Saulius Pikturnu has been recalled as Defense Attaché. Starting tomorrow, he will be transferred to the Lithuanian Armed Forces reserve,” the Minister of National Defense, Juozas Olekas, said.
Pikturnu was asked to return to Lithuania for consultation after the revelation of the Colonel’s family status.
“The 2nd Department of …
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Ukrainian MFA: Italy reaffirmed its support for Ukraine's territorial integrity
Italy assured its support of the territorial integrity of Ukraine and confirmed its readiness to continue to protect the inviolability of international law, as reported by the press service of the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine, after a meeting of the Foreign Minister, Pavlo Klimkin, with the parliamentary delegation of Italy, headed by the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Parliament, Fabrizio Cicchitto.
Klimkin informed the Italian …
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Linkevicius: Lithuania does not recognize legitimacy of Russian elections in Crimea
Lithuania refuses to recognize the legitimacy of the elections to the Russian State Duma that took place in the Crimea. The Russian MPs elected in the Crimea will not be considered as legitimate by Lithuania with all the attendant consequences, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Linas Linkevičius stated in his interview with DELFI.
“It doesn’t mean the direct assessment of elections as a whole; it means that we believe everything that is happening in the Crimea to be illegal. We don’ …