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Polish media: French-German superpower will replace the European Union
Polish State Channel TVP has claimed that Germany and France have grandiose aspirations. Both nations are allegedly attempting to create a new European superpower to rival the European Union. Polish journalists based their allegations on a document prepared by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Germany and France, Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Jean-Marc Ayrault, respectively.
The project should be presented at the meeting of the heads of diplomacy of the Visegrad Four countries, the Czech …
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Merkel: Sanctions against Russia will be extended because of failure to implement Minsk Agreements
German Chancellor Angela Merkel stated at a briefing on the results of European Council meeting in Brussels that the extension of sanctions against Russia is connected with the implementation of Minsk Agreements, RIA Novosti reported.
“Both the President of France, François Hollande, and I reported once again on the degree of the implementation of the Minsk Agreements. We pointed out that the extension of sanctions is unfortunately necessary in connection with the level of implementation. That …
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Ex-president of Latvia: There are forces in the EU that want to lift sanctions on Russia
There are forces in Europe that wish to lift the sanctions against Russia and continue trading with the country, according to the former President of Latvia, Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga.
Replying to the question of whether the UK exit from the European Union could affect the sanctions against Russia, Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga noted that the sanctions in themselves have always been “a weapon of despair,” delfi.lv wrote.
“The European Union acknowledged the need for sanctions and extended the term for …
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Italian Parliament rejects resolution which called for lifting sanctions on Russia
On Monday, June 27, the Chamber of the Deputies (Camera dei Deputati) of the Italian Parliament rejected a resolution to lift sanctions against the Russian Federation. The proposal which called on the Italian government to lift the sanctions against Russia was submitted by the opposition parties , Five Start Movement (Movimento 5 Stelle) and the North League (Lega Nord), as reported by the Russian RIA Novosti news agency.
The Italian deputies rejected the resolution that called on the …
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Georgian Defense Minister: Brexit does not change Georgia's relationship with the EU and NATO
Georgian Defense Minister Tinatin Khidasheli believes that the UK’s decision to withdraw from the European Union will not affect the relationship between Georgia and the EU, Interfax-Ukraine reported. She also said that Georgia’s relationship with NATO remains unchanged.
Commenting on the UK’s referendum, in which 52% of voters supported leaving the EU, Khidasheli said “of course this changes international politics and international relations,” but in the matter of cooperation between Georgia …
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EU to discuss referendum on Ukraine’s association at upcoming Summit
On Sunday, a European official told UNIAN that from the 28th – 29th of June in Brussels, the EU Summit will discuss the consequences of the referendum in Great Britain on the exit from the EU as well as the referendum in the Netherlands on Ukraine’s Association Agreement.
According to him, on Tuesday, 27 leaders of the EU member countries during a dinner with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron, will hold a discussion on the UK's exit from the EU.
"We expect that he will …
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Separatist leader compared Brexit with events in the Donbas in 2014
The head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), Alexander Zakharchenko, congratulated British citizens on the result of the referendum to withdraw from the EU, at the last meeting of the spring session of the DPR People’s Council.
"In fact, this [the results] is a very significant thing, because now Britain has done what we did two years ago: we also held a referendum, voted, and withdrew from Ukraine," Zakharchenko said.
He added that he also congratulates UK citizens on the …
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Klimkin disappointed by PACE decision to open dialogue with Russia
According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Facebook page, Foreign Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin expressed his disappointment with the declaration adopted by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on the abolition of sanctions against the Russian delegation in order to resume the dialogue with Russia."I’m extremely surprised and disappointed by today's declaration of the Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Though committed to …
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Putin denies Russian involvement in Brexit outcome
INTERFAX.RU reported on June 24th that Russia has never interfered and did not affect the voting process in the UK on leaving the EU, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"We have never interfered, never spoken about this. We behaved, in my opinion, very properly and, of course, closely followed what was going on, but we did not influence this process and never even tried to do it," Putin told Russian journalists in Tashkent after the end of the SCO summit.
According to the Russian …
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Kerry: Brexit decision will not affect common agenda in Ukraine
US Secretary of State John Kerry stated that the UK’s decision to leave the European Union will not affect the overall common agenda that the US shares in Europe on the issue of Ukraine, according to a press release issued by the State Department.
Following a phone conversation with British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, Kerry stated “the British are in no way departing from the principles and values that undergird the Transatlantic Partnership or from the important role the U.K. plays in …