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Poland the UK favor maintaining sanctions against Russia
On 3rd of September, the Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Witold Waszczykowski, announced after a meeting with the British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Boris Johnson, that they have agreed on the need for maintenance of sanctions imposed by the European Union against Russia until full implementation of the Minsk Agreements.
“We have discussed the failure to implement the Agreement with Ukraine and we have also discussed the way out of this situation. We have …
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Merkel's plans for negotiations on Ukraine at G20 summit will not include Poroshenko
German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced that she hoped to discuss Ukrainian and Syrian issues as well as the refugees’ problems in the course of bilateral negotiations during the G20 summit in China, as indicated in a video message on Saturday.
The German Chancellor noted that she hoped for a dialogue "about how to proceed with the Ukrainian question." However, she did not specify whom she plans to negotiate about Ukraine with, the Voice of America reports.
Earlier, the Kremlin announced …
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Putin and Erdogan agree to establish joint investment fund
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan have agreed to create a joint investment fund between the two countries, according to Russian Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukaev, Reuters reported.
Putin and Erdoğan discussed the possibility on the sidelines of the G20 summit in China.
"We are concluding work on the formation of a Russian-Turkish investment fund. At the end of August, Turkey made the necessary legislative changes to create a corresponding partner to our …
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UK's Theresa May hopes to establish open dialogue with Russia
British Prime Minster Theresa May said she hopes to establish an open dialogue with Russian President Vladimir Putin despite deep disagreements between the two countries, Reuters reported.
"While I recognize there will be some differences between us, there are some complex and serious areas of concern and issues to discuss, I hope we will be able to have a frank and open relationship and dialogue," May said after a meeting with Putin on the sidelines of the G20 meeting in China.
Speaking on …
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Ukrainian Prosecutor General: Russian aggression is 'a proven fact'
Ukrainan Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko stated that the Russian aggression against Ukraine today is already a legally proven fact and is the main cause of the loss of the Crimea and the southern Donbas.
He said this at the session of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security and Defence on Friday, reporting on the results of the investigation of Russian aggression in eastern Ukraine.
"The experts’ conclusion is that the only causal fact resulting in the loss of territorial …
