“I do think we’re in a reasonable position, there’s a deal to be done,” Raab said on Sky News on Sunday. There’s been more “respect” of London’s stance from Brussels in recent weeks, he added. The sides were able to achieve progress on issues like competition, but fishing rights remained …
Read More »‘Important to preserve scope for talks with Iran’: Germany warns against escalation after killing of top Iranian scientist
“A few weeks before the new US administration takes office, it is important to preserve the scope for talks with Iran so that the dispute over Iran’s nuclear programme can be resolved through negotiations,” a spokesman for the German Foreign Ministry told Reuters in an email. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a senior …
Read More »Trump touts ‘really good progress’ at Armenia-Azerbaijan talks in Washington as shelling in disputed Nagorno-Karabakh intensifies
“We’re working with Armenia. We have a very good relationship with Armenia. They’re very good people. They’re so dedicated. They’re incredible people. And we’ll see what happens,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Friday afternoon, as he announced a peace deal between Sudan and Israel. Azerbaijani Foreign Minister …
Read More »‘Time to stop the war’: Talks are the only way to resolve Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Armenian president tells RT
The war between the close neighbors – but bitter historical foes – has “never stopped in Karabakh, even with the ceasefire in 1994,” when Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a peace agreement, Armenian President Armen Sarkissian told RT’s Ilya Petrenko. Armenia and Azerbaijan could still come to terms on numerous issues, …
Read More »Armenia & Azerbaijan agree to attend Moscow talks on Nagorno-Karabakh – Russian Foreign Ministry
“Baku and Yerevan have confirmed their participation in the consultations in Moscow. Active preparations are underway,” Maria Zakharova told reporters on Friday. Russian President Vladimir Putin had earlier invited the foreign ministers of bitter rivals Armenia and Azerbaijan for talks in Moscow on October 9. He called for a ceasefire …
Read More »Putin invites Azerbaijani & Armenian FMs to FRIDAY talks in Moscow, urges to halt hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh
Putin called on all sides of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh to suspend hostilities “for humanitarian reasons” to allow for a prisoner swap and an exchange of bodies of those killed in the skirmishes, the Kremlin said Thursday. The Russian president previously described the ongoing military face-off in the contested region …
Read More »Trump calls off Covid-19 stimulus talks, blaming Democrats – he says he’ll pass relief package AFTER election
Pelosi (D-California) is asking for $2.4 trillion to bail out “poorly run, high-crime Democrat states” funding that is entirely unrelated to the virus, Trump tweeted on Tuesday afternoon. “I have instructed my representatives to stop negotiating until after the election when, immediately after I win, we will pass a major …
Read More »Trump says US to reduce troops to 4,000 in Afghanistan and 2,000 in Iraq as peace talks progress
The reductions will happen “very soon,” Trump said. While the Pentagon confirmed the pending withdrawal of some troops earlier this week, this is the first time the US president had mentioned specific numbers. The numbers did not necessarily correspond with those provided by US Central Command chief General Kenneth McKenzie …
Read More »‘Intransigent, unrealistic’ British attitude prevents post-Brexit talks from progressing – French FM
“The negotiations are not advancing because of an intransigent and, let’s be clear, unrealistic attitude of the United Kingdom,” French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Monday. The rebuke came during a speech to French ambassadors based in Europe, which Le Drian delivered during a workshop he conducted alongside …
Read More »‘No longer waiting for Palestinians’: Israel holds ‘many more’ secret talks with Arab states on normalizing ties, Netanyahu claims
“There are many more unpublicized meetings with Arab and Muslim leaders to normalize relations with the state of Israel,” Netanyahu said at a joint press conference with US National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien and Jared Kushner, the White House senior adviser. The prime minister did not name any particular Arab …
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