Author: Steven Sahiounie

The purpose of this visit was to improve relations which had fallen to all-time lows amid US provocations with regards to Taiwan.  US President Joe Biden on Monday said that the relationship between the US and China is on the “right trail” following Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to Beijing during which he met and spoke with Chinese leaders, including Chinese President Xi Jinping. “He did a hell of a job,” Biden said. “We’re on the right trail here.” Biden added that throughout Blinken’s visit, he was receiving updates from the meetings with Chinese leaders via White House National…

Despite the Boris Johnson Partygate scandal, Rishi Sunak is still less popular than his predecessor According to a new YouGov poll, the former PM of Britain Boris Johnson has more popularity points than Rishi Sunak among 2019 Tory voters. The former PM has a net approval rating of 14 compared to Sunak who has 7. A UK parliament committee ruled on Thursday, that Boris Johnson deliberately misled MPs over Covid lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street when he was Prime Minister. The cross-party Privileges Committee said Johnson, 58, would have been suspended as an MP for 90 days for “repeated contempts (of parliament) and for seeking to undermine the parliamentary process”. But…

The Irish President criticizes the government’s recent suggestions to join NATO, arguing that Ireland should not be buried in “other people’s agendas.” Following a debate about Ireland’s military neutrality and the possibility of joining NATO, the country’s president, Michael D Higgins, condemned the government’s statement and said ministers were “playing with fire”. In an interview with the Business Post newspaper on Sunday, he accused the government of a dangerous “drift” from an unshakeable part of Irish foreign policy and argued that it would be “burying” Ireland in other people’s agendas. A government-sponsored forum on international security is expected to take place on June…

A report by Foreign Policy asserts that the world system has been multipolar for at least 15 years, as the magazine expects the decisions of tech companies to mold the upcoming world order. The era of a unipolar world system has come to an endو transforming global politics into a multipolarity that could be identified as going back to at least 15 years ago, according to a report by Foreign Policy. The report examines the shifts in global power dynamics and the emergence of multiple world orders. It starts by noting the historical dominance of two superpowers, the United States and…

US Secretary Antony Blinken was greeted by only a few Chinese officials and no red carpet when he stepped off the plane on Sunday.  US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was greeted on Sunday by only a few Chinese officials, with no red carpet as he stepped off the plane. The video published by Chinese state media appeared to downplay the importance of the two-day diplomatic visit, with no red carpet rolled out, in contrast to Emmanuel Macron’s April visit or Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s visit in March 2022. Some commentators believe the move was intentional to humiliate the…

According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, participants in the meeting will assess multilateral cooperation within the CSTO and exchange views on the prospects for future interaction Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will take part in a meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organization’s (CSTO) Council of Foreign Ministers in the Belarusian capital of Minsk on Tuesday. According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, participants in the meeting will assess multilateral cooperation within the CSTO and exchange views on the prospects for future interaction. They will also discuss the current international and regional situation and its impact on the security of the…

Special Representative of the Russian President for the Middle East and African Countries, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, affirmed that he is counting on constructive work in the process of the Astana meetings on Syria, which are continuing and require political will from the participating delegations. “In parallel with the 20th International Meeting in the Astana format, another event is taking place, which is the meeting of representatives of the four countries at the level of deputy foreign ministers (Syria, Russia, Iran and Turkey), to discuss relations between the neighboring countries of Syria and Turkey,” Bogdanov said in a statement…

The 20th International Meeting on Syria in the Astana format started activities in the Kazakh capital on Tuesday. The delegation of the Syrian Arab Republic, headed by Assistant Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Dr. Ayman Sousan, and delegations of the guarantor states of the Astana process, “Russia, Iran and Turkey,” are participating in the meeting. The delegation of the Russian Federation is headed by the Russian President’s Special Representative for the Middle East and African Countries, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, and the delegation of the Islamic Republic of Iran is headed by Ali Asghar Khaji, Senior Assistant to the Minister of…

The Defense meeting called for by France seeks to offer an alternative to the German-led Euro air defense plan known as European Sky Shield initiative. A European Defense Ministers meeting will be hosted on the sidelines of the Paris Air Show, on Monday, after France felt snubbed by a German-led plan that isolated its manufacturers. French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu called for the meeting and announced that it will not only include about 20 EU members but will also include the European Commission’s internal market chief Thierry Breton. While German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius had been reluctant about joining his EU counterparts, he confirmed…

There is “no room for compromise” on Taiwan, top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi has told US Secretary of State Antony Blinken The US should respect the One China principle and stop supporting Taiwan’s push for independence from Beijing, Chinese top diplomat Wang Yi has told US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. “China has no room to compromise or concede” on the status of Taiwan, Wang told Blinken during a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing on Monday. “The US must truly adhere to the One China principle… respect China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and clearly oppose ‘Taiwan independence’,” the…