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Media: Russian Foreign Ministry says that Tillerson has arrived in Moscow to bargain over North Korea
The new US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is visiting Moscow.
As reported by newspaper Kommersant, sources close to the Russian Foreign Ministry in the Russian capital expect that the head of the US Department of State will try to negotiate cooperation with Russia on the problem of North Korea, a matter which Donald Trump called his priority even before he was elected president.
Despite the fact that Syria remains the primary cause of tension between Moscow and Washington, Russian diplomats …
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Trump signs protocol for Montenegro to join NATO, Russia calls Montenegrin government’s policy unconstructive
US President Donald Trump has signed a protocol for Montenegro to join NATO.
As reported by the Voice of America, the protocol was ratified earlier by the US Senate. Now the document needs to be ratified by Spain and the Netherlands. A referendum on this matter needs to be carried out in the latter country.
Previously, Montenegrin Defense Minister Predrag Bošković and Minister of Foreign Affairs Srdjan Darmanović announced Montenegro’s plans to take part in the NATO summit in May as a full …
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Russian Foreign Ministry: Tillerson’s statements on Syria are not an ultimatum but usual flexing of muscles
Statements made by U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson about Syria, before his visit to Russia, are not an ultimatum, but simply a flexing of muscles before the talks begin. This statement was made by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.
“I consider it, not an ultimatum, but a political statement, as a flexing of muscles before the start of negotiations. This is quite in line with Washington’s methods,” she said, commenting on the statement of the U.S. …
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Poland says that President Kaczynski’s plane started to disintegrate while still in the air
The subcommission for the investigation of the Smolensk air crash at the Ministry of Defense of Poland believes that Lech Kaczynski's plane began to disintegrate while it was still in the air.
“The plane began to disintegrate in the air and began to lose pieces, which fell to the ground, even before it hit the birch tree. The birch tree did not play a role in the outcome of the disaster in any way,” the head of the subcommittee, Vaclav Berczyński, said while on air with TVP Info television …
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Denmark seeks to block Nord Stream-2 pipeline
Denmark’s government proposed to amend legislation to enable it to ban the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline construction project, as reported by Interfax-Ukraine with reference to Euronews.
Currently, this type of project can be stopped for environmental reasons. The government of Denmark proposes to allow authorities to also impose a ban based on national security and foreign policy priorities.
As stated by the country’s Ministry of Energy, the pipeline issue should also be deliberated by the …