Trump Administration Opposes European Resolution Condemning Russia, Pushes for Neutral Peace Call The United States has twice aligned with Russia in recent United Nations votes, signaling a dramatic shift in its stance on the Russia-Ukraine war under President Donald Trump’s administration. In a rare move, the US voted against a European-drafted resolution at the UN...
High-Level Meeting Excludes Kyiv, Raising Concerns over Future of Conflict Riyadh/Moscow/Washington: Senior officials from the United States and Russia met in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for the first high-level discussions since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine three years ago. The talks, held at Riyadh’s Diriyah Palace, focused on exploring a potential resolution to the ongoing...
Azerbaijan’s president Ilham Aliyev said in a TV address to the nation that the military operation was over, and the Armenian population in Karabakh can now breathe easy. They are our citizens. We have no hostility toward the Armenian people. We held those at the top of the criminal regime accountable. He also seemd to offer...
Turkish President Erdoğan and his counterpart Putin have repeatedly met each other in recent years to coordinate their moves in Syria. In September 2018, they reached a de-escalation deal on Idlib in Sochi, Russia, aimed at turning Idlib into a de-escalation zone in which acts of aggression and offensive are expressly prohibited. With nowhere to...
Turkish President Erdogan’s visit to Russia next week will see the two Great Powers take their strategic partnership to the next level in an increasingly multipolar and complex world. The Turkish leader will arrive in the Russian capital next Monday on 8 April for the upcoming session of the High-Level Russian-Turkish Cooperation Council, which is an...
Russian President Vladimir Putin won a re-election victory on Sunday after garnering 76.66 percent of votes, 13 percent more than he accrued in 2012. The voter turnout is also higher than six years earlier. The result fully showed the support and respect Putin has in Russian society. The past six years have seen the most...