Peace between Ukraine and Russia should be established on the basis of a plan offered by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, not his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, reports GHN based on Ukrinform. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said this while opening a government meeting on Friday. "Peace...
NATO member states will supply armament to Ukraine even if a truce is achieved after today's talks in Minsk, reports GHN based on Ukrinform. National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) information and analytical center spokesman Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing on Friday. "The establishment...
The Ukrainian government and pro-Russia rebels meeting in Minsk have signed a preliminary protocol to start a ceasefire, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says, reports GHN based on BBC. He said that the ceasefire would start at 14:00 GMT. The announcement came after reports of further clashes. Western...
In the frames of the NATO Summit in Newport, Wales, Minister of Defence of Georgia Irakli Alasania met with Minister of Defence of the Kingdom of Sweden Karin Enstrom, reports GHN based on the Ministry of Defense. At the beginning of the meeting, Irakli Alasania expressed gratitude to his foreign counterpart...
Ukraine's representative at the negotiations of the Trilateral Contact Group, former President Leonid Kuchma, has said that he has come to Minsk for peace, reports GHN based on Ukrinform. He told this to journalists before a meeting of the contact group involving Ukraine, Russia and the OSCE. "We...
Minister of Defence of Georgia Irakli Alasania continues bilateral meetings in the frames of the NATO Summit in Wales. Today, Irakli Alasania has held the meetings with Minister of National Defence of Canada Robert Nicholson and Minister of Defence of Finland Carl Haglund, reports GHN based on the Ministry...
September 5 the Minister of Culture and Monument Protection of Georgia Mikheil Giorgadze and the deputy of the Minister Levan Kharatishvili hosted Ambassador of Greece in Georgia Eleterios Proios and Greek Archimandrite Spiridon Katramadoss. The meeting was attended by the chief of National Agency for...
NATO members agreed Friday to form a "spearhead" force of several thousand land troops ready to deploy within a few days, NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Friday at a summit in Newport, Wales, reports GHN based on CNN. The troops would be backed by air, sea and special forces, he said,...
Peace talks on Ukraine's crisis have started in Minsk, Belarus, with the Kiev authorities, E. Ukraine self-defense forces, Russia and the OSCE. All sides hope ceasefire negotiations will succeed, reports GHN based on RT. "[We] expect that the key issues which may be discussed at the negotiations...
Today the President of Georgia held meeting with the President of France Francois Hollande. The main theme of the meeting was the perspective of integration of Georgia in European and Northern Atlantic structures, reports GHN. The President of France once again assured the President of Georgia that...
About 2,000 Russian troops have already been killed in the area of the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) in Donbas, reports GHN based on Ukrinform. National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) information and analytical center spokesman Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing on Friday. "According...
European Union nations are considering new sanctions against Russia amid cautious optimism that a ceasefire will go into effect Friday in eastern Ukraine. A new round of proposed sanctions has been handed to member states, EU spokeswoman Maja Kocijancic said, reports GHN based on CNN. "A decision...
Talks aimed at negotiating a ceasefire between Ukrainian government troops and pro-Moscow rebels has opened in Minsk, Belarus. The highly-anticipated talks mark the latest diplomatic push to end months of fighting, reports GHN based on dw.de The so-called Contact Group conducting the talks in Minsk...
The European Union is preparing new sanctions against Russia, which will affect state-owned oil companies - Rosneft, Gazprom Neft and Transneft, Britain's Financial Times newspaper has reported, citing a document approved by the European Commission. "Those criteria would hit Rosneft, Russia's...
NATO leaders will back plans Friday for positioning more troops and military equipment in Eastern Europe, establishing a rapid response force aimed at easing anxiety among member states near Russia's border and deterring the Kremlin against replicating its provocations in Ukraine elsewhere in the...
