“The Russian Foreign Ministry deeply regrets to announce that Russia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vitaly Ivanovich Churkin has died suddenly in New York on February 20, a day ahead of his 65th birthday,” the ministry said. “The outstanding Russian diplomat died in harness,” the Ministry said.
“Our position is clear for everyone – normalization of relations with Turkey without any preconditions. We had this understanding in mind when we launched talks and reached some agreements… “
Jean-Marc Ayrault, the Foreign Minister of France, has accused Russian authorities of organizing the alleged cyber attacks on website and email of French Presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron. He reported this in an interview to Journal du Dimanche, the Telegraph reports.
“The conflict isn’t being settled not for the reason that there are no meetings, no negotiations, no clear options to satisfy the sides, or diplomats of the Co-Chair countries don’t work well, but neither the authorities, nor the societies of the parties to the conflict aren’t ready for concessions.”
“It’s clear that Armenia’s presence in CSTO provides the opportunity to institutionalize relations with Russia, i.e. CSTO interests Armenia, firstly, out of Russian factor, and this is creation of another “single flag”, under which Armenia can have support from Russia in various issues. Everybody knows which issues are meant, from which—Azerbaijani aggression, Turkish factor, which undoubtedly is considered important.”
“The FAKE NEWS media (failing New York Times, NBCNews, ABC, CBS, CNN) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!” Trump said on Twitter.
“On behalf of President Trump I announce that the US will do everything necessary in order for Iran not to have nuclear weapons. I can assure this to all our allies, especially Israel,” Pence said.
The Israeli PM however did not mention the date of the visit. Netanyahu also commented on his meeting with Trump in the United States. “We had a warm meeting with President Trump. I consider him to be a good friend of Israel,” he said.
The former Massachusetts senator and one-time Democratic presidential candidate will join Yale University as a Distinguished Fellow for Global Affairs, responsible for running the Kerry Initiative, a program focused on addressing global challenges, according to a university press release.
In a blow to the world’s biggest smartphone maker, Lee Jae-yong, chairman at Samsung Electronics and the only son of Samsung chairman Lee Kun-hee, was formally arrested after the Seoul central district court issued a warrant on Thursday night.