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Russia reaffirms recognition of Palestinian state
January 18, 2011The Russian president, on a rare visit to the West Bank, has reaffirmed Moscow's recognition of an independent Palestinian state. Dmitry Medvedev said Russia had recognised the state in 1988 and his country's position remained unchanged. The Russian...
UN says Afghanistan faces tense security situation
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December 23, 2010The top United Nations diplomat in Afghanistan says the country faces a tense security environment in the next few months. Staffan de Mistura, the senior United Nations envoy in Afghanistan, told the U.N. Security Council that increased activities...
North Korea offers concessions as South Korean artillery drill begins
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December 20, 2010Reports say North Korea is offering concessions on its nuclear program as South Korea began an artillery drill that threatens to spark renewed hostilities between the two Koreas. Hours earlier, the United Nations Security Council ended emergency talks...
Russia drops plans for Iran missile deal
September 22, 2010Russia has dropped plans to supply Iran with S-300 air defense missiles. The chief of Russia's armed forces, General Nikolai Makarov, said the delivery of the missiles would violate U.N. sanctions. The S-300 is a mobile, long-range air defense system...
UN starts inquiry into Gaza flotilla raid
August 10, 2010By Kyle James, Darren Mara, Nancy Isenson A United Nations probe begins Tuesday into the controversial raid by Israeli forces on an aid convoy headed toward the Gaza Strip that left nine Turkish nationals dead. An initial report is expected in mid-September...
Kosovo: the UN court has spoken, let the dialogue begin
August 05, 2010By Ivan Vejvoda 1999, 2010: these dates mark history in the Balkans. Eleven years ago, NATO waged an air war against Serbia over the treatment of Serbia’s southernmost province. Since then, the longstanding dispute over the status of Kosovo has...
Armenia and Karabakh encouraged by un court ruling on Kosovo
July 30, 2010By Emil Danielyan Authorities in Armenia and Karabakh have reacted very positively to the July 22 decision by the highest UN court to uphold the legality of Kosovo’s 2008 declaration of independence from Serbia. They say it strengthens the Armenian...
Transdniester hails court ruling On Kosovo
July 28, 2010Moldova's breakaway Transdniester region has welcomed last week's ruling by a United Nations court that Kosovo's 2008 secession from Serbia did not violate international law, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. The de facto Transdniester Foreign Ministry...
Putin grows confident on the comeback trail
June 15, 2010by Pavel K. Baev For most of last week Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, traveled to places he knows well and feels good about –Istanbul and Paris. These were neither tourist getaways nor business trips; he had plenty of delicate high-profile political...
Iran sanctions 'will not affect' Russia missile deal
June 11, 2010Russia has said its long-standing contract to supply surface-to-air missiles to Iran will not be affected by new UN sanctions. Russia agreed to supply Iran with S-300 systems several years ago but has not delivered them. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei...
