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Macierewicz: Brexit will not weaken NATO
On the 24th of June, Antoni Macierewicz stated that withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU won’t affect the relationship of the country to NATO and will not weaken the Alliance, Radio Polsha reported.
“There are no reasons for hysteria. The European Union is a union of sovereign and independent states. Each country has a right to decide its own fate. The United Kingdom made its choice,” Macierewicz stated.
The Polish Minister of National Defense noted that the possibility of the …
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Herashchenko: We are preparing a harsh reaction to PACE's declaration
On the 25th of June, People’s Deputy of Ukraine Iryna Herashchenko wrote on her Facebook that the Ukrainian delegation to PACE is disappointed by the statement of the President of PACE, Pedro Agramunt, who proposed and endorsed the statement on the shared values of PACE with the Russian Federation.
“On Friday, the President of PACE, Pedro Agramunt, who sneaked the statement to the Bureau and supported it, showed himself in all his glory. Agramunt supported the statement that PACE has shared …
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Russia and China sign joint agreement on the promotion of information and cyberspace
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a joint statement on the promotion of development in the field of information and cyberspace, Rosbalt reported. In addition, more than 30 agreements were signed on cooperation in the fields of economy and trade, foreign policy, infrastructure, technology and innovation, agriculture, finance, energy, media, Internet and sports. The signing of the agreements took place after Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin held talks in …
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Pope Francis uses term genocide to describe massacre of Armenians during WWI
During his visit to Yerevan, Pope Francis used the term genocide to describe the massacre of Armenians in 1915 in the Ottoman Empire, Radio Svoboda reported.
Addressing the President of Armenia and the diplomatic corps on June 24th, Pope Francis used the Armenian term "Mets Exern" (the evil), but then added the words "this genocide" to the prepared text in order to describe what he had called "the first among a series of disasters of the last century."
In April of 2015, Francis held a mass in …
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Latvia reported presence of Russian submarine near its cost
The Armed Forces of Latvia detected a Russian submarine not far from the Latvian border once again.
"On April 30, a Russian Kilo class submarine together with the Victor Konetsky sea tug boat were detected in the exclusive economic zone at a distance of 8 nautical miles from the border of Latvia," informed the National Armed Forces of Latvia on their Twitter page.
As the relations between Russia and NATO continue to deteriorate, Russia has stepped up the activity of its fleet and aviation in …