MOSCOW (AA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has informed his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas in a phone conversation about steps that Moscow is taking to help de-escalate the situation in Gaza and ensure uninterrupted delivery of humanitarian aid to the millions of displaced survivors. According to a Kremlin statement, Putin als...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavorv said on Thursday that Western countries, specifically the US, are trying to “drown” the topic of an independent Palestinian state in “dubious initiatives.” “We have the impression that our Western colleagues are not ready to try hard in the interests of cr...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that some “external forces” are attempting to fan a fire of regional discord between Middle Eastern states by exploiting the situation in Gaza. The purpose of such actions is to “weaken countries that pursue an independent foreign policy course,” Lavrov said ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that it is “unacceptable” for Israel to use the events of October 7 as a pretext for the collective punishment of the Palestinian people. Addressing the 21st Doha Forum in Qatar, he called for an international observation mission for the Gaza Strip. He suggested that [&helli...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that he will seek reelection in March 2024, a move that could win him an unprecedented fifth term in office. “I won’t hide how at different times I had different thoughts. But now is the time when you need to make a decision. I will run […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Pakistan has applied to join the BRICS economic bloc, its ambassador to Moscow said Wednesday. “We have already submitted an application. We are in contact with member countries to support Pakistan’s membership and count on Russia’s assistance,” Muhammad Khalid Jamali told Russian state news agency TASS. Jamali said Pakis...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday said that the volume of humanitarian aid provided to the Gaza Strip is “clearly insufficient.” “Today’s situation shows how catastrophic it can be to follow a path that ignores international law. We are already seeing catastrophic humanitarian consequences in the Gaza Stri...
ISTANBUL (AA) – After years of impunity for policies that rights groups have described as apartheid and building illegal settlements in violation of international laws, a veteran war crime prosecutor has expressed hope that there could now be some accountability for Israel’s actions against Palestinians. “If other countries raise the imp...
Moscow, Russia — AFP Russia has sent 25 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Egypt to be delivered to the Gaza Strip, which has been under near-total siege and relentless bombardment by Israel. Since October 9, when Israel placed the Palestinian territory under a “total siege”, only very limited quantities of basic human necessities...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russia has called the killings of journalists covering the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip “shocking,” and described the reaction by some international organizations as “particularly depressing.” “This is a mass death, this is not ‘killing,’ these are not ‘tragic cases,R...
