Japanese Premier Hopes for Progress on Kurils Issue during Talks with Putin
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he would seek maximum progress while discussing the issue of sovereignty over the Southern Kuril Islands with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “I will visit Russia this month to hold negotiations. However, you always have negotiation partners, so I cannot make any forecasts about the outcome. But my hope is […]
Putin, Merkel discuss developments in Syria
Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the developments in Syria in a phone call with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The Kremlin said in a statement on Friday that Putin and Merkel reviewed in details issues related to the crisis in Syria, with emphasis on applying the decisions of the quadripartite summit between Russia, Turkey, Germany, and […]
Kremlin Says Putin, Erdogan May Meet in First Half of 2019
The Kremlin spokesman says Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan may hold a meeting in the first six months of 2019. Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan may hold a meeting in the first six months of 2019, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on […]
Putin envoy visits Tehran for Syria talks
Russian President Putin’s special envoy for Syria Alexander Lavrentiev traveled to Tehran on Saturday and sat down for talks with Iran’s Syria negotiator, Hossein Jaberi Ansari. These two diplomats preside over Iran and Russia’s delegations in the Astana talks on Syria. The United Nations special envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura will hold talks with […]
Russian President Signs Eurasia-Iran FTZ Bill into Law
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law a draft agreement to establish a free trade zone between Iran and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) countries. The draft agreement was ratified by the State Duma and the Federation Council (two houses of the Russian parliament) on November 15 and 23, respectively. The agreement, signed in Astana […]
Russia working on financial system independent from SWIFT: Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Moscow is working with its major partners to create financial systems that are not dependent on the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT). He made the remarks on Wednesday at the 10th annual ‘Russia Calling’ Investment Forum in Moscow. “We are actively working with some countries, with our partners […]
Putin urges to do all possible to keep JCPOA in force
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that it is necessary to do everything possible to keep the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in force. “In order to prevent a new wave of tension around the Iranian nuclear program, everything possible should be done to keep the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action in force,” the Russian […]
Putin, Erdogan Discuss Security in Black Sea Region Following Ukrainian Provocation
Russian President Vladimir Putin has held a telephone conversation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to discuss the situation in the Black Sea region in the wake of the Kerch Strait incident, the Kremlin’s press-service said. “In the context of the dangerous incident provoked by Kiev in the Kerch Strait area there was an exchange […]
Russian President Signs Eurasia-Iran FTZ Bill into Law
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law a draft agreement to establish a free trade zone between Iran and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) countries. The draft agreement was ratified by the State Duma and the Federation Council (two houses of the Russian parliament) on November 15 and 23, respectively. The agreement, signed in Astana […]
Putin: Syrian crisis won’t be resolved without Iran
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that in the absence of Iran, it is not possible to resolve the Syrian crisis, IRNA reported. “Iran is one of the three guarantor states of Astana Peace Process for solving Syrian issues and without Iran, the problem will not be solved effectively,” Putin told a conference on […]