Putin Starts Kazakh Visit
Russian President Vladimir Putin has started a visit to Kazakhstan, where he is due to meet with his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbaev and attend a forum on interregional cooperation in the northeastern Kazakh city of Pavlodar.
North Korea lacks rich relation in Russia
When people discuss the international dimension of the North Korean issue, Russia is always bound to feature prominently. Indeed, Russia is a great power, a member of the Group of Eight, and a neighbor of North Korea. It is usually assumed as well that Russia has numerous strategic interests in the area going back decades, even centuries.
EU energy chief hopes for smooth solution to Gazprom spat
The European Commission is holding intensive talks with Russia and expects to reach a compromise on a legal dispute between the bloc and its biggest gas provider, while avoiding disruption to energy supplies, the bloc's energy commissioner said on Monday.
Russia ready for dialogue with U.S. over unresolved issues after elections
Russia believed unresolved issues with the U.S., including the missile defense issue, could be settled only after the U.S. presidential election, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday.
Azerbaijan and Netherlands should make efforts to strengthen bilateral relations in other areas
Head of the Dutch delegation, Goveraet Arno, at the opening of the Azerbaijani-Dutch Business Forum, Baku, said that the growing economy of Azerbaijan is attracting more and more attention.
U.S. and Russia bridge differences on Iran at nuclear meeting
The United States and its Western allies have persuaded Russia and China to support a resolution critical of Iran’s nuclear defiance in hope of showing Israel that diplomacy is an alternative to military force in pressuring Tehran, diplomats said Wednesday.
Russia rebuffs Clinton on Syria
Russia on Saturday soundly rejected U.S. calls for increased pressure on Syrian President Bashar Assad to relinquish power. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton tried to prod Moscow into supporting U.N. action to end the crisis in Syria and she expressed hope that Congress would repeal Cold War-era trade restrictions on Russia.
Russia warns Israel, U.S. an attack on Iran would be ‘disastrous’
Russia has starkly warned Israel and the United States against attacking Iran, saying Moscow sees no evidence that Tehran’s nuclear program is aimed at developing weapons, the Interfax news agency reported on Thursday.
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