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US to deliver four more HIMARS, up to 580 drones to Ukraine: White House

July 23, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: US President Joe Biden tasked his administration with providing additional military aid to Ukraine, including four HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) and up to 580 Phoenix Ghost unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), Coordinator for Strategic Communications at the National Security Council in The White House John Kirby has said. In his words, the additional […]

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UK foreign secretary opposes sending British troops to Ukraine

July 22, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss on Thursday came out against the direct involvement of British troops in the Ukrainian conflict – The politician, who reached the final round of the race for the post of the Conservative Party leader and the prime minister, told the media. “We are doing all we can to support […]

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Agreement on Ukrainian grain exports expected to be signed in Istanbul

July 22, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: An agreement on creating a corridor for the transportation of Ukrainian grain across the Black Sea is expected to be signed in Istanbul on Friday. The Turkish presidential office announced on Thursday that the document was set to be signed at the Dolmabahce Palace at 4:30 pm on July 22. According to Ankara, the […]

EU Defence Ministers Council in Brussels

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EU allocates additional 500 bln euros for weapons for Ukraine

July 21, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The EU has made the final decision on the provision of the fifth transfer of 500 million euros for arms shipments to Ukraine, EU High Representative Josep Borrell announced Wednesday. “Participated at Ministerial Ukraine Defence Contact Group meeting. EU Member States agreed to mobilize the 5th tranche of military assistance of €500M to further […]

A pedestrian walks towards the Irish, Greek, Spanish, French and Dutch national flags outside the European Parliament in Brussels

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EU agreed on the seventh package of anti-Russian sanctions

July 21, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The EU Permanent Representatives Committee (Coreper) agreed to the seventh package of sanctions against Russia, a source in EU institutions told reporters on Wednesday. “The Coreper agreed on the seventh package of sanctions, including gold embargo, black list expansion, and updates to financial and trade sanctions,” the source said. According to European sources and […]

Closing plenary meeting of Russian State Duma spring session

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Russia to set tougher conditions in case of resumption of talks with Kyiv

July 20, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Russia will put forward tougher conditions in terms of both substance and time if talks with Ukraine are resumed, Leonid Slutsky, leader of Russia’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) and a member of the Russian delegation to the talks with Ukraine, said on Tuesday. “Today the conditions from our side will be tougher both […]

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Iran Preparing documents to join SCO

July 19, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Tehran is preparing the necessary documents to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Iranian Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali said in an interview with the Media. “The process of obtaining full membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization consists of numerous stages that a candidate country needs to implement within the established time frame,” he […]

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EU does not impose restrictions on food and fertilizers purchased from Russia

July 19, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The EU sanctions do not and will not contain any direct restrictions on Russian exports of fertilizers and foodstuffs and any bans on their payment, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said after a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels. Borrell stressed that the new package of anti-Russian sanctions the EU foreign ministers […]

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EC suggests new measures against Russia

July 16, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The European Commission (EC) offered a new package of sanctions against Moscow, including the embargo on Russian gold imports, and extend them until next January, the EC said in a statement on Friday. “Therefore, we are proposing today to tighten our hard-hitting EU sanctions against the Kremlin, enforce them more effectively and extend them […]

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Biden wants to make clear that the US can continue to lead in the Middle East region

July 15, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Washington intends to demonstrate to countries of the Middle East that the US can continue to lead in the region, President Joe Biden told a joint news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Thursday. The president said that he planned to discuss the human rights issue at the upcoming meeting with the […]