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US State Department Secretary: Nord Stream 2 undermines European security
Washington and Warsaw share the common view that the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project undermines Europe's security and energy stability and gives Russia an instrument of political pressure, stated Secretary of State Rex Tillerson during a joint press conference with the Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz held on Saturday, January 27 in Warsaw.
"Like Poland, the United States opposes the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. We see it as undermining Europe’s overall energy security and stability, …
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Polish Foreign Minister asks US Army to remain longer in the country
Poland hopes the United States will significantly participate in modernizing the Polish army, stated Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz after a meeting between US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, wPolityce reports.
"We hope that the ongoing talks concerning the Patriot system and other systems – we discussed helicopters produced in Poland, Black Hawks – we hope that these will be soon finalized," the Foreign Minister added. According to …
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Turkey to expand military operation on Syrian border
Turkey intends to expand its military operation against the Kurdish militarized groups known as the People’s Protection Units (YPG) along Turkey’s entire border with Syria, said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday January 26, DW reports.
“Operation Olive Branch will continue, until all the set objectives have been achieved,” the president said, emphasizing that the Turkish forces would “liberate” the city of Manbij from “terrorists”, as well as all the other territory along the …
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Russia justifies arms supplies to Myanmar
Supplies of Russian military products to Myanmar are being made to strengthen the defense capacity of this country, as stated in the Russian Foreign Ministry’s comments in response to a statement by the US State Department’s representative that the supply of Russian weapons could aggravate the situation in Myanmar.
"Supplies of Russian military products to Myanmar are meant to strengthen the defense capacity of this country. To see the link between this task and the threat of "even greater …
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Ukrainian president proposes that Europe create a coalition ‘to combat Russia’s aggression’
European countries should create a new coalition to combat “Russia’s aggression,” as Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko stated on his Facebook page.
“Today we are in a situation where Russia has launched an undeclared war against all of us. That is why, given this situation, we should think about new coalitions, new programs or approaches,” the Ukrainian President wrote. The question of responding to Russia’s actions in Europe was raised by Poroshenko during the session “Central and Eastern …