Putin says he does not refuse to meet Hollande, remains open for dialogue
Russian President Vladimir Putin has not refused to hold a meeting with French President Francois Hollande scheduled for October 19 in Paris. “We were made to understand that the time was not quite appropriate for the event, that’s all,” Putin said in an interview with the French TF1 TV channel. “We are not rejecting (any discussions with France on Syria),” he said. The goal of Putin’s visit to Paris was the...
Russian diplomat warns US against ending dialogue on Syria with Moscow
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova wrote on her page in Facebook on Thursday that Washington would make a great gift to terrorists if it carried out its threats to end interaction with Russia on Syria. “US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power has described the actions of Syrian and Russian forces in Syria as a ‘gift’ to the Islamic State and Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist groups (both outlawed in...
Russia worried over shrinking room for dialogue at UN Human Rights Council
Confrontation at the United Nations Human Rights Council has reached an unacceptable level, with room for dialogue shrinking, Alexey Borodavkin, Russia’s permanent representative at the United Nations Geneva office and other Geneva-based international organizations, said on Friday. “We are very concerned over the fact that confrontation at the Council has reached an unacceptable level,” Borodavkin, who leads the Russian...
Diplomat: US unwilling to work on equality basis in dialogue with Russia on Syria
The United States is demonstrating unwillingness to work on an equal footing in its dialogue with Russia on Syria, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told TASS on Friday. US President Barack Obama earlier said he was not confident “that we can trust the Russians or Vladimir Putin” in the Syrian settlement. The United States is again demonstrating “lack of confidence in our foreign policy,” Ryabkov...
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