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Poroshenko: Ukraine ready to increase its share in the UN peacekeeping forces to allow deployment of peacekeepers to Donbas
President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, said that Ukraine is ready to increase its share in the UN peacekeeping forces in order to allow sending peacekeepers to the Donbas, as he indicated at a joint briefing with Austrian President, Alexander Van der Bellen.
"We have discussed with the President [of Austria] the situation in the occupied Donbas, and the Austrian President assured Vienna’s readiness to adequately contribute to the deployment of the United Nations peacekeeping mission under …
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Ukraine prepares to withdraw from CIS and Russian-Ukrainian Friendship Treaty
The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has prepared two proposals, one to withdraw the country from the bodies of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and another to denounce the Russian-Ukrainian Friendship Treaty.
"Minister Pavlo Klimkin announced to our Foreign Affairs Committee that the Foreign Ministry had prepared proposals for the President to withdraw [Ukraine] from the CIS bodies and to denounce the treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership between Ukraine and the …
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Kyiv: Austria invested $1.3 billion into Ukraine’s economy last year
In 2017, Austria invested $1.35 billion in the economy of Ukraine that accounted for 3.4% of the total amount of foreign direct investment made into Ukraine’s economy, as reported by the service of the Cabinet of Ministers following the meeting of Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman with the President of Austria, Alexander van der Bellen.
According to Groysman, European integration is Ukraine's irreversible foreign policy choice. That is why Kyiv is looking to further intensify the …
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Despite Ukraine’s protest Bulgaria hires Russian company to repair its MiG-29 fighters
According to the documents provided by the Bulgarian Ministry of Defense, Bulgaria has picked Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG to overhaul 15 soviet-era MiG-29 fighters before 2020, Reuters reports.
It’s reported that, as a member of the European Union and NATO, Bulgaria believes that only the Russian company can provide high-quality repairs. That is why Bulgarian officials did not invite any other bidders for the project.
The Ministry of Defense of Bulgaria planned to sign a four-year …
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Ukraine's Naftogaz and Russia's Gazprom agree to meet
Naftogaz of Ukraine announced that an agreement has been reached with the Russian company Gazprom to hold a meeting by the end of March.
Writing on its Facebook account, Naftogaz said that it intends to inform Gazprom that it does not agree that the contracts should be cancelled.
“In addition, we informed Gazprom that the tariff must be changed. At the meeting, of course, the implementation of arbitration decisions will be discussed,” said the chief commercial director of the Naftogaz Yuriy …