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  • Moscow asks Ukraine to ensure safety of Russian diplomats

    Date: 2014-03-24 20:23:09 GMT - Russia - World - SN:165 - ID:628545

    MOSCOW, March 24 (MENA) – The Russian Foreign Ministry demanded on Monday that Kiev’s Western-backed interim government must ensure the security of Russian officials in the country following threats to their safety, RIA Novosti reported ....

  • Russian PM urges doubling of gas production in Crimea

    Date: 2014-03-24 20:07:16 GMT - Russia - World - SN:160 - ID:628503

    MOSCOW, March 24 (MENA) - Natural gas production on the Crimean peninsula must be increased by 1.5-2 times and Russian energy giant Gazprom has already drafted a relevant proposal, Itar-Tass quoted Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as saying on ....

  • Ethiopiain, German FMs discuss issues of mutual concern

    Date: 2014-03-24 19:42:23 GMT - Ethiopia - World - SN:156 - ID:628472

    ADDIS ABABA, March 24 (MENA) – Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom held talks Monday with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on international issues of mutual concern. The German minister hailed as traditional and important ....

  • David Cameron: G8 summit won't be held in Russia

    Date: 2014-03-24 19:16:06 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:153 - ID:628480

    LONDON, March 24 (MENA) - The Group of Seven big economies (G7) should cancel a meeting with Russia in June, British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday as world leaders kicked off a two-day nuclear security summit in The Hague, the ....

  • Ukraine’s interim FM to meet Lavrov at nuclear summit

    Date: 2014-03-24 18:34:53 GMT - Russia - World - SN:146 - ID:628413

    MOSCOW, March 24 (MENA) - Ukraine’s interim Foreign Minister Andrei Deshitsa is determined to meet with his Russia’s counterpart Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit in the Hague, he told newsmen, The Voice of Russia ....

  • Obama, China's Xi hold talks on Ukraine, N. Korea in The Hague

    Date: 2014-03-24 16:56:54 GMT - Netherlands - World - SN:128 - ID:628262

    THE HAGUE, March 24 (MENA) – U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks in the Netherlands on Monday, with the crisis in Ukraine and North Korea's nuclear program among the main issues. Bilateral friction over human ....

  • US Secretary of State visits OPCW

    Date: 2014-03-24 15:49:27 GMT - USA - World - SN:110 - ID:628087

    WASHINGTON, March 24 (MENA) - US Secretary of State John Kerry embarked on a visit Monday to The Hague-based Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). The US top diplomat held a meeting with the organization's Director-General ....

  • Malaysian PM: Missing plane 'ended' in Indian ocean

    Date: 2014-03-24 14:54:56 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:92 - ID:628009

    KUALA LUMPUR, March 24 (MENA) - Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak announced Monday evening that new satellite data has concluded missing Malaysian flight MH370 with 239 passengers and crew went down in the Indian Ocean, the VOA reported. He ....

  • UN General Assembly to vote on draft resolution on Ukraine's unity, sovereignty

    Date: 2014-03-24 13:57:20 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:81 - ID:627627

    CAIRO, March 24 (MENA) - A draft resolution on the unity and sovereignty of the Ukrainian territory will be put to vote in the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, said Ukraine's Ambassador to Egypt Yevhen Kyrylenko. The referendum which ....

  • Obama: Russia must suffer cost for action on Crimea

    Date: 2014-03-24 12:21:59 GMT - Netherlands - World - SN:65 - ID:627575

    AMSTERDAM, March 24 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama arrived in Europe Monday for a week-long trip during which he will try to shape the crisis in Ukraine by strengthening international support for measures to isolate Russia, The Wall Street ....

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