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Russia-NATO Council to discuss conflict settlement in Libya
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Russia-NATO Council to discuss conflict settlement in Libyahttp://en.rian.ru/world/20110329/163255976.html 01:35 29/03/2011 The Russia-NATO Council will discuss on Tuesday in Brussels the current state of affairs in Libya and ways to resolve the ongoing conflict. Russia's envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin said late last week that the Council will meet "to confirm the limits that the UN Security Council placed on the participants of the conflict." Rogozin also reiterated Russia's position saying that "holding [military] ground operations will be qualified as occupying Libya and that directly contradicts the resolution adopted by the UN Security Council." NATO Spokesperson Oana Lungescu said on Monday that no foreign troops will be deployed and there will be no NATO presence on the ground in Libya On Sunday, NATO began taking command of all aerial operations in Libya from the U.S.-led force. The transfer of authority will take up to three days. The UN Security Council resolution adopted on March 17 imposed a no-fly zone over Libya and measures to protect civilians from Gaddafi's forces. Western-led military strikes against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, whose forces have been attacking rebels in the east of the North African country since mid-February, began last Saturday. BRUSSELS, March 29 (RIA Novosti) March 29, 2011 11:53
MOSCOW. March 29 (Interfax) - Moscow would like to continue contributing to efforts aimed at resolving the Transdniestrian conflict, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. "We would like to help promote this settlement process," Lavrov said at a meeting with his Moldovan counterpart Iurie Leanca in Moscow on Tuesday. Leanca, for his part, said that ongoing consultations on possible solutions to the problem should be replaced by talks. The Moldovan minister said that Chisinau counted on Moscow's assistance in this issue. tm
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=16096297&PageNum=0 29.03.2011, 00.55 MOSCOW, March 29 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Moldovan Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Yury Lyanke meet on Tuesday in Moscow to discuss trade and economic relations between the two countries as well as the Dniester region problem. According to Russian Foreign ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich, the sides also plan to discuss ways to make integration cooperation within the framework of the Commonwealth of Independent States more efficient. A plan of consultations between the two countries’ foreign ministries for the current year is also scheduled for signing. The two foreign ministers will assess prospects for boosting bilateral cooperation on different directions. Lukashevich said the sides are interested “in strengthening the legal basis of European security for maintaining stability and readiness for collective responses to present-day threats and challenges”. Much attention will be paid to trade and economic cooperation. Russia remains one of Moldova’s leading partners. According to experts, last year bilateral trade made up about 1.5 billion dollars. Sergei Lavrov: Russia and Kyrgyzstan interested in suppression of Afghan threats29/03-2011 07:59, Bishkek – 24.kg news agency , by Julia MAZYKINA Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said “Russia and Kyrgyzstan are interested in suppression of Afghan threats” after meeting with Kyrgyz counterpart Ruslan Kazakbaev, according to ITAR-TASS. Sergei Lavrov stressed the validity of the position announced by Kabul authorities, speaking about the inadmissibility of frequent civilian casualties during operations by coalition forces. These requirements must be heard, said the Russian minister “Afghan terrorists, unfortunately, face almost no challenges as well as drug dealers. Our bilateral counterterrorism and counternarcotics cooperation with Kyrgyzstan - within the framework of the CSTO and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization - is a part of an overall effort to confront these challenges,” he said. In turn, Ruslan Kazakbaev stressed that the situation in Afghanistan affects security in the whole region. “We are concerned by events that happen in this country, he said. This question should be discussed within the framework of the CSTO. We must develop a collective approach in addressing this issue.” URL: http://eng.24.kg/cis/2011/03/29/17124.html Abkhazian opposition demands not to cede even a small piece of land to Russia http://eng.expertclub.ge/portal/cnid__8084/alias__Expertclub/lang__en/tabid__2546/default.aspx 28/03/2011 16:49 "Not even a small piece of land" to be given to Russia - this was demanded from the Bagapsh regime by the Abkhazian opposition party Forum of the People's Unity. They are concerned by the information that was reported during preparation of the talks on "demarcation and delimitation" of the Abkhazian section of the Georgian-Russian border which is taking place in Moscow today and tomorrow and to which an Abkhazian delegation was sent for from Sukhumi. The Abkhazian opposition is extremely worried about plans to add to the Russian Federation a significant part of the Gagra district. It is 160 square km along the border river Psou. Tbilisi notes that this is a continuation of the Moscow politics of annexation of the occupied Georgian territories. With this regard the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia stressed that there is no "border" between Russia and Abkhazia. "There is only the Georgian-Russian border, issue of demarcation and delimitation of which does not need solving as this border is clearly defined" – deputy Foreign Minster Nino Kalandadze told journalists. "Any attempt to form an illegal, formal committee is illegitimate and illegal – she said - This has no force from the juridical point of view and it is illegal from the point of the international law. The path that the leadership of Russia continues to pursue is seizure of territories of Georgia and legalization of this seizure through creation of similar pseudo-commission". Radiation background normal in Russian Far East – EMERCOM http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=16096444&PageNum=0 29.03.2011, 04.45 KHABAROVSK, March 29 (Itar-Tass) - The Russian Far East reports no increases in the radiation background on Tuesday following the accidents at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan. The emergencies ministry’s Far Eastern regional centre told Tass the radiation background comprised 12 to 19 microroentgen per hour which is below the permissible level of 30 microroentgen. According to the ministry’s department in the Khabarovsk region, maximum radiation levels in the region are 19 microroentgen per hour, and 11 microroentgen in the regional centre of Khabarovsk. According to EMERCOM’s territorial departments in the Amur region, the Jewish Autonomous Region and Yakutia, the radiation background there is much lower than the norm. “There is no risk for the health of Far East’s residents, and there is no danger of radioactive contamination of the environment,” EMERCOM specialists stress. The situation is constantly monitored by 630 stationary and mobile control stations. Planes, helicopters and sea vessels take part in monitoring the situation in the air and at sea. Radiation background normal in Russian Sakhalin http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=16096365&PageNum=0 29.03.2011, 03.08 VLADIVOSTOK, March 29 (Itar-Tass) - The Russian Sakhalin region reports no increases in the radiation background on Tuesday following the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan. The Sakhalin meteorological service reported that as of 9 am local time (2 am Moscow time) on Tuesday, the radiation background comprised four to 16 microroentgen per hour which is below the permissible level of 30 microroentgen. The situation is constantly monitored by 99 radiation control stations on land, at sea and in the air. Ships of the Sakhalin coast guard, helicopters of the Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations and other agencies take part in monitoring the situation. The crisis situation centre of the Sakhalin region receives data on the radiation background every two hours. No radiation threat is forecasted in the Sakhalin region and on the Kuril Islands. There is no threat for the local population. Embassy renders assistance to Russians staying in Japan http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=16096267&PageNum=0 29.03.2011, 00.05 MOSCOW, March 28 (Itar-Tass) - The Russian Embassy to Japan “continues rendering assistance to Russian nationals, who have no possibility for different reasons to leave the calamity zone,” sources from the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday. They said “on March 26, embassy staffers delivered humanitarian cargo (fuel and drinking water) to a group of Russians living in the city of Ishinomaki – one of the hardest-hit as a result of a tsunami on March 11”. They also said that Russian nationals wishing to return home can turn to the offices of Aeroflot, Vladivostok-Avia and Sakhalinskiye Aviatrassy carriers, which confirm that they have plenty of vacant seats. According to Japanese and foreign experts, the situation at the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant has aggravated of late, the sources said. However, in most north-eastern and central regions of Japan, with the exception of those adjacent to the nuclear power plant, a decline in radioactivity is registered, and on the whole it is within admissible limits, they added. “Favorable meteorological conditions contribute to that to a great extent,” they said. Directory: gifiles -> attach attach -> British Forces – Akrioti, Greece Griffin Fighter Squadron (84 Squadron raf) MoD announced possible Typhoon and Tornado arrivals to the base France attach -> Russia 110204 Basic Political Developments attach -> Unclassified//for official use only attach -> Adaptability Sustainment attach -> Pop-up 1 ("C" Chechnya) Header Text: Emir of the Caucasus Emirate Doku Umarov Image attach -> Russia and Islam are not Separate attach -> Chapter 13: The Northern Caucasus attach -> Russia 100209 Basic Political Developments attach -> The evolution attach -> The devolution Download 265.48 Kb. Share with your friends:
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