Media: Russia intends to hold Libyan peace talks with Kadyrov’s involvement
On September 13, Libyan Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Maiteeq will travel to Russia to make preparations for peace talks in Libya, a source told Kommersant. The source clarified that Maiteeq’s trip will begin with a visit to Grozny, after which the Libyan guest will be received in Moscow, Russia’s RBC news agency reports.
In the Chechen capital, Maiteeq will hold talks with Ramzan Kadyrov, head of the Chechen republic, and Lev Dengov, head of the Russian contact group on Libya. Dengov confirmed …
Media: Poroshenko and Yatsenyuk’s parties make arrangements to unite
For several weeks already, the teams of President Petro Poroshenko and former Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk have been making arrangements for merging into one party for the elections, writes Ukrayinska Pravda in an article titled “Petro Poroshenko’s people’s front, or the United Ruling Party”.
According to the authors, the core of the new party could include Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko, Verkhovna Rada Chairman Andriy Parubiy, NSDC (National Security and Defense Council) Secretary …
Washington expressed its support for deployment of peacekeepers in Donbas
State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert said that Washington is in favor of deploying UN peacekeepers to the Donbas, including on the border with Russia, and insists for them to have a broad mandate, Radio Liberty reports.
"I want to be clear about this. Any such forces should have a broad mandate, to ensure peace and security throughout the occupied territory of Ukraine, up to and including the border with Russia ...," Nauert said. She recalled that Germany, like the other EU states, …
Ukraine to significantly increase defense and national security expenditures
In accordance with the proposals of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, in 2018, Ukraine will allocate 163 billion hryvnia ($6.2 billion) for national security and defense needs, which is 20 billion hryvnia ($767 million) more than was allocated this year. This was announced on September 13 during a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine led by President Petro Poroshenko, the presidential press service reported.
Poroshenko noted that despite the aggression against …
Ukrainian farmers will receive new trade preferences from the EU beginning October 1
Expanded trade preferences of the European Union for Ukraine will enter into force on October 1, said Mykola Tochytskyi, Representative of Ukraine to the European Union, on Facebook.
According to Tochytskyi, on Wednesday, September 13, during the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg (France), the President of the Parliament and the Estonian President of EU Regulation signed an agreement on the granting of additional EU trade preferences to Ukraine for a period of three …