Russia 110721 Basic Political Developments
Russian, Libyan FMs meet on crisis in N Africa
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- EMERCOM sends another humanitarian aid portion to Libya.
- Lavrov to travel to Bali to attend Russia-ASEAN meetings.
- Russian, Norwegian premiers discuss energy cooperation
Russian, Libyan FMs meet on crisis in N Africahttp://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/video/2011-07/21/c_13999641.htm 2011-07-21 13:06:50 BEIJING,July 21 (Xinhuanet) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Libyan counterpart Abdul Ati al Obeidi have met in Moscow to discuss a political solution to the crisis in the North African country. During closed door meetings, Lavrov stressed, that the immediate priority, should be, to stop the bloodshed, and begin political dialogue. He urged Tripoli, to confirm its intention to follow UN Security Council resolutions 1970 and 1973. The Libyan foreign minister, stressed that a peaceful solution should involve all Libyans, not just the National Transitional Council. He added that Tripoli isnt ready to discuss the question of Gaddafi's departure. (Source: CNTV)
http://www.itar-tass.com/en/c154/189679.html 21/7 Tass 86 MOSCOW, July 21 (Itar-Tass) — Russia’s Emergency Situation Ministry /EMERCOM/ has forwarded another portion of humanitarian aid to Libya, the ministry’s information department said on Thursday. “At 09:00 Moscow time, an Il-76 plane left the Ramenskoye airport in the Moscow Region for Benghazi,” the source said. “The special flight will deliver 36 tonnes of humanitarian aid.” In early July, EMERCOM planes delivered to Tripoli and Benghazi 72 tonnes of humanitarian aid. The aid is provided under the order of Russia’s president and in compliance with the Russian Federation’s governmental order. Earlier, spokesman for Russia’s Foreign Ministry Alexander Lukashevich said that “the protracted armed conflict in Libya has caused a dramatic degradation of the country’s humanitarian situation, and Moscow is concerned about it.” “This is why Russia has made a decision to provide urgently equal humanitarian aid to all those who need it in Libya, no matter in what part of the country they are,” he said adding that “Russia has been contacting Tripoli’s authorities and representatives of Libya’s Transitional National Council to work out optimal ways to deliver and distribute such aid.” 06:28 21/07/2011ALL NEWS
http://www.itar-tass.com/en/c154/189579.html 21/7 Tass 4 BALI ISLAND, Indonesia, July 21 (Itar-Tass) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will travel to Bali Island on Thursday to attend annual ASEAN events. The minister’s official program will start on July 22. Lavrov will take part in the Russia-ASEAN summit. For the first time ever the Russian side will be present at a ministerial meeting organized within the framework of the mechanism of East Asian summits as a full-fledged member. The meeting of Russian and ASEAN foreign ministers is taking place in the year of the 15th anniversary of establishment of dialogue and partnership back in 1996, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. “We’ve covered a great route over these years: we elevated our relations to the highest level,” the Ministry emphasized. “Contacts between Russian agencies concerned and ASEAN structures have become more intensive. A ‘road map’ for trade, economic and investment cooperation is being drafted. A working program of energy cooperation for 2010-2015 is being implemented,” the Foreign Minister went on to say. The Russian and ASEAN ministers will discuss the preparation for annual high-level ASEAN events that will be held in Bali on November 17-19 this year. “Russia considers East Asian Summits to be a vital factor in forming a comprehensive, balanced and open architecture of the Asia-Pacific region which is commeasurable to contemporary security challenges,” the Russian Foreign Ministry went on to say. “East Asian Summits can objectively claim to play the role of a leading playground for strategic dialogue of leaders on regional security. During the forthcoming meeting the Russian side will confirm its readiness to actively join joint programs within the framework of sectoral mechanisms East Asian Summits. “Involvement in integration processes unfolding in the region will contribute to attracting the potential of this association to more effective use of possibilities of the ASEAN member states to cooperate with China, the United States, India, Japan and the Republic of Korea in the interests of developing Russia’s economy and social and economic recovery of the Siberia and the Far East,” the Russian Foreign Ministry concluded. Russian, Norwegian premiers discuss energy cooperationhttp://en.rian.ru/world/20110721/165305021.html 01:56 21/07/2011 NOVO-OGARYOVO, July 21 (RIA Novosti)The Russian and Norwegian prime ministers on Wednesday discussed energy cooperation in light of the two countries' maritime delimitation treaty that recently took effect, Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. "Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his Norwegian counterpart Jens Stoltenberg discussed by phone urgent issues of bilateral trade and economic cooperation with the focus on interaction in the power industry," Peskov said. The Russian-Norwegian treaty on maritime delimitation and cooperation in the Barents Sea and the Arctic Ocean came into force on July 7. The document was signed in September 2010 after nearly 40-year-long talks to define the exclusive economic zones and delimitate the continental shelf. The treaty defines the borders of both states' sovereign rights and jurisdiction, as well as envisions that the countries continue fishing cooperation and outlines the procedure to jointly use trans-border hydrocarbon deposits. The document will allow Russia and Norway to explore oil and gas fields on the Arctic continental shelf at an area of 175,000 sq km (43.2 million acres). The continental part of the Arctic may contain some 13% of the global unexplored oil reserves and 30% of gas reserves. The countries will also be able to produce oil and gas at sections that were earlier disputed. July 21, 2011 09:34
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