Ukraine submitted a report to NATO on Russia’s ties to ISIS and Taliban
The People's Deputy of Ukraine from the Petro Poroshenko Bloc "Solidarity" and head of the Ukrainian delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Iryna Friz, provided NATO leadership with a report on Russia's relations with Islamist terrorist groups, including the Islamic State.
"During the NATO PA spring session in Tbilisi, I provided the Vice President of the organization, Rasa Jukneviciene, and each member of the national delegations with an analytical report on the Russian Federation’s …
Lithuanian foreign minister pushes for new sanctions against Russia
Western countries must impose additional sanctions on Russia, since the existing ones are not working well enough to resolve the Ukrainian crisis, as stated by the Lithuanian Foreign Minister, Linas Linkevičius, at the GLOBSEC security forum in Bratislava.
According to him, discussions on the lifting of sanctions are premature since the situation in Ukraine is not changing, and Russia is providing military support to militia in the Donbas.
Since Lithuania borders with Russia, the situation …
Georgia asks NATO for help with national security
Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili held a meeting with the head of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (PA) Paolo Alli. During the negotiations, Margvelashvili thanked Alli for supporting the Euro-Atlantic course of Georgia and the territorial integrity of the country, as well as holding a spring session of the NATO PA in Tbilisi. This was reported by the press service of the President of Georgia.
The meeting topics included the parliamentary session of the Alliance and cooperation between …
Montenegro’s Foreign Ministry: Russia interfered in country’s affairs
Montenegro’s Foreign Minister Srdjan Darmanović said that Russia “strongly interfered in the internal affairs” of the country and tried to interfere with the government’s intentions to join NATO, reports the broadcast network RTCG.
“Russia openly interfered in our internal political matters, which, of course, we do not at all approve of. Over the past two or three years, Russia has been pursuing a policy that is opposed to the enlargement of NATO. We decided that we would determine the …
Assad regime sends letter to UN demanding halt to operation of Western coalition in Syria
The Syrian Foreign Ministry has sent letters to the UN Security Council which again called for an end to the “illegal actions of an international coalition led by the United States” in the country, reported the Syrian news agency SANA.
According to SANA, the Syrian Foreign Ministry, in two letters sent to the Secretary General and the chairman of the UN Security Council, condemned the coalition’s air strike on Friday on the residential quarter of Al-Mayadeen in the province of Deir Az-Zor in …