Moscow/Tehran, April 14 (IANS) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has stressed the need to avoid a fresh escalation of conflict during a conversation with his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi, while reaffirming Moscow’s willingness to assist in efforts aimed at resolving the ongoing crisis. According to a statement from Russia’s Foreign Ministry, as reported by TASS, Lavrov highlighted the urgency of preventing renewed hostilities and reiterated that the situation cannot be resolved throu…
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Beijing, April 14 (IANS) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in China on Tuesday for a two-day official visit to discuss the bilateral cooperation across key sectors, as well as the ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and West Asia. Earlier on Monday, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced that during his visit to China from April 14-15, the Foreign Minister will hold talks with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi. “The two countries’ foreign ministers will discuss a wide range of bilateral coo…
Moscow, April 13 (IANS) Russian presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov on Monday admitted that the US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is likely to impact international markets negatively. “Most likely, such actions will continue to negatively impact international markets; this can be assumed with a high degree of certainty,” the Kremlin spokesman was quoted as saying by Russia’s leading Tass news agency during a regular media briefing in Moscow.Responding to another question, he asserted that …
Moscow, April 10 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced a ceasefire for Orthodox Easter, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressing Kyiv’s willingness to abide it. According to the Kremlin, the ceasefire will remain in effect from 4 pm (Moscow time) on April 11 and until the end of April 12, leading Russian news agency Tass reported.The statement reads, “By decision of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, a ceasef…
Moscow, April 1 (IANS) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky should withdraw his forces from the Donbas region, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday. “As we have stated, he must take responsibility and make this difficult decision. Doing so could save a great many lives,” Peskov said. “Most importantly, it would bring an end to the active phase of this conflict.”However, the pause in the trilateral talks between Russia, the United States and Ukraine is unrelated to the issue of …
Florida, March 22 (IANS) Ukrainian and US delegations discussed “key issues” and next steps on settling the Ukraine crisis in fresh negotiations held in the US state of Florida, Rustem Umerov, secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council, has said.”We continued to discuss key issues and next steps within the negotiation track. Special attention was paid to coordinating approaches for further progress toward practical results,” he was cited as saying in a report by the Interfax-Uk…
Moscow, Feb 20 (IANS) Japan has taken an unfriendly position toward Russia, making any agreements between the two countries unlikely under current conditions, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday. “Tokyo is taking an unfriendly stance toward our country, so, of course, under these circumstances, it’s unlikely that any agreements can be reached without changing the modalities of our relations,” Peskov said, quoted by RIA Novosti.Earlier, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, speaking …
Munich, Feb 15 (IANS) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that he hopes for serious and substantive discussions in the upcoming peace talks with Russia and the United States in Geneva.”We truly hope that the trilateral meetings next week will be serious, substantive, and helpful for all of us,” Zelensky said during a speech at the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Saturday (local time), according to a report on the Ukrainian president’s official website.Zelensky said that the …
Moscow, Feb 6 (IANS) Russia and the United States recognise the need to begin negotiations on the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) as soon as possible, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday. Peskov said the issue was discussed during recent talks in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and that both sides reached an understanding on the need to adopt responsible positions.He said the work in Abu Dhabi was constructive but at the same time “very diffic…
Moscow, Feb 5 (IANS) Moscow has rejected claims by US President Donald Trump that Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed to halt the Russia oil imports as part of the recently announced India-US trade agreement, saying New Delhi is free to purchase crude from any supplier and there is nothing unusual about its decisions on energy sourcing.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that India has historically bought oil from multiple countries and that Russia is not its sole crude supplier, dismissing sug…