Leading French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron’s campaign said on Friday it had been the target of a “massive” computer hack that dumped its campaign emails online 1-1/2 days before voters choose between the centrist and his far-right rival, Marine Le Pen, Reuters reports.
Decisions on the de-escalation zones in Syria adopted at the talks in Astana are related to Washington’s initiatives on putting an end to violence in Syria put forward at the beginning of this year, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told the MIR TV network on Saturday, TASS reports.
“OSCE is losing its influence on the parties to the conflict, of course, the mandate of conflict settlement isn’t conditioned by local offices, of course, that mandate exists, but let’s comprehend, that mandates of local offices were complementary directions of that mandate, which have implemented various programs—from demining to human rights, civil control of armed forces, fight against corruption and others. This is what I call conflict transformation, so that it had solution.”
If we carefully analyze Azerbaijan’s aggressive rhetoric, coupled with systematic violation of the cease-fire and diversionary actions against the civilian population, we can understand why Armenia purchased the Iskander system from Russia. Green is deeply mistaken that the Armenian side seeks to use these systems against Western energy infrastructure.
Touching upon implications of closing OSCE office in Yerevan, he stated the toolset of the West is rather miscellaneous, “I don’t observe any issue, that it may have any fatal after-effects, however, I see an issue, that the West, unfortunately, doesn’t have a trusted partner in Armenia on its way of developing cooperation in an alternative mode.”
“The armed units that the CSTO member states have included in the Collective Rapid Reaction Force, are in constant combat readiness, as well as the Russian troops deployed to the military bases in Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia. Until this plague (the IS) is stamped out, our priorities will not change,” the Russian top diplomat stressed.
The US and Seoul have not commented. The North’s claim comes amid continued high tension on the Korean peninsula. US President Donald Trump has promised to “solve” North Korea and stop it developing nuclear weapons.
Spokesman of the Foreign Ministry of Armenia Tigran Balayan advises the experts, who blame the MFA in inactivity over the closure of the OSCE Yerevan Office, to learn the rules the OSCE acts, then to make a comment.
“Russia hopes that Armenia will become an industrial bridge between Russia and Iran, however first of all the road to Iran must be improved. The curvy road is very dangerous for cargo vehicles, and problems might occur in case of large flows of vehicles,” Babko said.
Clinton, according to the sources, is currently working with former aides and donors to build an organization that will look to fund and invest in groups that have impressed her since her 2016 election loss.
