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US Senate bans sale of F-35 fighters to Turkey
The U.S. Senate has banned the sale of fifth-generation F-35 fighters to Turkey because of Turkey’s intention to purchase S-400 surface-to-air missile systems from Russia. Turkey expressed regret over the U.S. Senate’s decision and noted that companies from the Middle East country manufactured parts for the fighters. Now Ankara has to look for alternatives or speed up the development of its own military aircraft.
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said it was unfortunate that the U.S. …
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Ukraine and Israel ready for free trade agreement
On June 19, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin and the leadership of Israel agreed that they are ready for a free trade agreement between the two countries,reported the press center of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry.
In Jerusalem, the 11th meeting of the Joint Ukrainian-Israeli Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation was held. It was attended by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Pavlo Klimkin, and the Minister of Jerusalem Affairs and Minister of Environmental Protection, …
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Warsaw: Poland painstakingly working to prevent Nord Stream 2 pipeline
Polish Deputy Minister of Energy Michał Kurtyka said that Warsaw has demanded that the EU gas directive be changed as soon as possible to prevent the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, Polskie Radio reports.
According to Kurtyka, the ambassadors of the European Union will amend the document in late June. The deputy minister said this has become possible as a result of "the hard, painstaking and months-long work of Polish diplomats." These amendments will extend EU legislation to all …
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US State Department will track weapons deals with Russia
The US State Department's Office of Cooperative Threat Reduction has announced a tender for the monitoring of open source information about arms deals involving the Russian Federation and the CIS countries. The data will be collected in Russian, English, Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, Urdu, and several other languages.
The information will be used for decision-making and planning the sanctions against foreign states. It particularly concerns the violation of UN Security Council resolutions and of …
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Kremlin: West deceived Russia
In an interview with the Finnish publication Hufvudstadsbladet, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova claimed that Russia was completely opened to Western countries after the end of the Cold War, but it was deceived.
"We opened up completely for the West. Not because we were defeated - we did it ourselves. Nobody invaded us; Gorbachev simply wanted to put an end to the arms race. He wanted to put an end to the Cold War. So we opened [our country], and you deceived us. You …