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With NATO's 75th anniversary summit concluded, it's worth taking stock of Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg's comment about an "irreversible path to NATO membership" for Ukraine. It was a bad idea two years ago for Ukraine to seek the NATO mantle for its own sake, which played directly into the Russian narrative of an external threat—a narrative critical for Russian President Vladimir Putin to maintain internal stability and his grip on power—and it's a bad idea now. Ukraine should stay out of NATO, not only because Ukraine is better off independent but also because a formal alliance will onl...
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The premiers of Italy, Germany and the United Kingdom have dismissed Russian President Vladimir Putin's cease-fire terms. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called Putin's terms for peace "propaganda,” as she wrapped up a Group of Seven summit in southern Italy. Germany's Chancellor Olaf Sholz had a similarly negative reaction to Putin's proposal. In an interview with German broadcaster ARD he said, "What he (Putin) is ultimately proposing is to document his imperialist raids." Scholz implied that the terms outlined by Putin were aimed at Russia's public, who he said wanted to see a peacefu...
Euronews (English)
Switzerland will host scores of leaders on June 15-16 at a lakeside resort near Lucerne to try and outline the first steps toward achieving peace in Ukraine. The "Summit on Peace in Ukraine" extended invitations to 160 countries, with around 90 states and organisations expected to attend the event. Although the final list of participants is yet to be published, several key states including the US and China are not sending heads of state. On Monday, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty cited several unnamed European diplomats claiming that the number of confirmed participants has dropped off. The co...
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy travelled to the Philippines on Monday to urge regional leaders to attend an upcoming Swiss-organised global peace summit on the war in Ukraine. Arriving unannounced and under heavy security in Manila late Sunday, Zelenskyy was given a red carpet welcome at the presidential palace before meeting with his Philippine counterpart, Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Zelenskyy thanked Marcos for agreeing to attend the peace summit, which will take place in central Switzerland on 15-16 June. “I’m happy to hear today from you that you’ll participate in our peace steps,” Zele...
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Oslo (AFP) - The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded on Friday to imprisoned activist Narges Mohammadi for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran, many of whom are removing their hijabs despite a harsh crackdown. Mohammadi's award comes after a wave of protests swept Iran following the death in custody a year ago of a young Iranian Kurd, Mahsa Amini, arrested for violating Iran's strict dress rules for women. A 51-year-old journalist and activist, Mohammadi has spent much of the past two decades in and out of jail for her campaign against the mandatory hijab for women and the death penalt...
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Washington (AFP) - The United States hosted negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan on Monday, seeking to quell recent tension over the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh. The two sides have gone to war twice, in 1990 and 2020, leaving tens of thousands dead, and clashes regularly erupt over the territory, an Armenian-majority region inside Azerbaijan. Tensions have spiked again this week after Azerbaijan announced it had set up a checkpoint on the Lachin Corridor, the only land link between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, sparking an angry response from Yerevan. Armenia views the move as ...
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Washington (AFP) - Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich and Ukrainian negotiators were targets of a suspected poison attack, potentially by Moscow hardliners seeking to sabotage peace talks, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. The billionaire businessman, recently slapped with sanctions by Western nations seeking to pressure Russian President Vladimir Putin over his invasion of Ukraine, has reportedly been shuttling between Kyiv, Moscow and other negotiation sites. A source familiar with the matter confirmed the report to AFP, stating: "Unfortunately this took place, what the Wall Street Jou...
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Washington (AFP) - The US government has notified Congress that it will remove the official terror group designation from former rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), a congressional source told AFP Tuesday. The decision comes on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the peace pact between the Colombian government and FARC, which led to their being disarmed and dissolved after decades of fighting. Without confirming the actual action planned, State Department spokesman Ned Price said they had notified Congress of "upcoming actions" related to FARC. "The peace process and t...
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Washington (AFP) - Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Friday on Israel to ensure "equal" treatment of the Palestinians as the new US administration cautiously steps up efforts for a two-state solution. In a telephone call with Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi, Blinken "emphasized the administration's belief that Israelis and Palestinians should enjoy equal measures of freedom, security, prosperity and democracy," State Department spokesman Ned Price said. Blinken also committed to "strengthening all aspects of the US-Israel partnership" and voiced support for the Jewish state's agreements...
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United Nations (United States) (AFP) - The United States vowed Tuesday to protect progress made in Afghanistan on women's rights over the past 20 years, as it pushes for a transitional government in Kabul that would include the Taliban. "We must do more to support the women and girls of Afghanistan," the US ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, told the UN Security Council during a debate on Afghanistan. "Any agreement must preserve their gains if Afghanistan wants to ensure the international community’s continued political and financial support. We will not give an inch ...
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