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The Secretary General of the UN, Ban Ki-moon, said in a conversation with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko that only the UN Security Council could decide to send peacekeepers to Donbas, TASS reports.The sides discussed the situation in the east of Ukraine, reaching a common opinion that the complex of measures stipulated by the Minsk Agreements needed full realization.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said during the international student conference 'UN Model' that due to the fact that Russia exercised its veto power in the UN Security Council, Syria will not turn into a second Libya."The veto right in the UN Security Council is not a privilege but a great responsibility. Thanks to the veto, we will be able to say that the chance of switching to a political settlement in the Syrian crisis has emerged," TASS cited him as saying.
Iran will sign only those agreements that will assume full lifting of sanctions
US President Barack Obama said that Russian President Vladimir Putin's lifting of the ban on shipments of S-300 anti-missile systems to Iran was predictable. He admitted that it was indeed surprising that the ban was lifted with such a delay, RIA Novosti reports.Obama reminded at a press conference with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi at the White House that the deal had initially been planned for realization in 2009. The US leader noted that he had met Prime Minister Putin for the first time back then.
The Council of Europe has appointed Slovak diplomat Peter Burian as the EU special representative for Central Asia. He got tenure on April 15, Trend reports.Peter Burian has been the state secretary of the Slovak Foreign Ministry, he had been the ambassador to the US and the representative of Slovakia to the UN Security Council. His mandate will not expire until April 30, 2016.Burian replaced Janos Herman, who had been in office since April 2014.
Supplying S-300 missiles to Iran is fully in line with the arms embargo imposed by UN Security Council on Tehran, the Director of the Russian Department for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control, Mikhail Ulyanov, said.
Iran's permanent representative to UN: Yemeni bombings further destabilize the situationIn a letter addressed to the UN Security Council Permanent Representative of Iran to the UN, Gholamali Khoshroo, said that the Saudi Arabia’s bombing campaign further destabilizes Yemen and could lead to a prolonged and bloody civil war.
The UN Security Council held a closed meeting with Syrian physicians on the initiative of the United States to provide information about new cases of the use of chlorine in Syria.
Sergei Lavrov: “We are losing time to resist really serious, not imaginary threats”
Tel Aviv is worried about the act of lifting the embargo on S-300 to Tehran
The foreign ministers of the G7 countries welcome the UN Security Council's resolution on the termination of the delivery of weapons to Houthis, Germany German Foreign Minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, said today.
The possible supply of S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems to Iran will not be a violation of UN Security Council sanctions against the Islamic Republic, but the US is concerned about these developments in connection with Iran's actions in the region, US State Department spokesman Marie Harf said, commenting on reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree to lift the ban on the supply of S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems to Iran.
Mehriban Aliyeva has invited Russians to the European Games: “We will be cheering for our athletes, for our teams together!”
Yesterday, Iran sent the destroyer ‘Bushehr’ and the cruiser ‘Barz’ to the Gulf of Aden and the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait. The Iranian Defense Ministry said the deployment was part of efforts to enforce maritime security and protect the interests of the Islamic Republic in international waters.
Eurasian Economic Summit in Istanbul began its work
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) will receive 2.5 million euros to assist Palestinian refugees at Camp Yarmouk in Syria, as stated European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides, RIA Novosti reports.The UN Security Council discussed the situation around Camp Yarmouk yesterday. Most of the camp is under ISIS control.
The head of the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, Hikmet Hajiyev, commented on the interview given by Edward Nalbandian to 'International Affairs' magazine.
Minister of foreign affairs of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif said that all UN Security Council resolutions on Iran will be cancelled after the conclusion of a final agreement on the Iranian nuclear program. "All UN Security Council resolutions will be withdrawn on the day when there will be an agreement. The Security Council will be the arbiter of the agreement," TASS quoted him as saying. He added that "each party of the agreement may terminate its obligations in case of their violation by the other party."
