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“I have to state again that any further extension is out of the question unless the Istanbul package of agreements is enforced as it was initiated by the UN Secretary-General,” the Russian foreign minister said The extension of the grain deal is out of the question unless the package of agreements is enforced, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at the 46th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC), according to a statement released on the ministry’s website. “I have to state again that any further extension is out of…

The envoys managed to move forward in discussing the 11th package of sanctions, with several elements to be revised still remaining, the source said The European Union’s envoys have postponed the approval of the 11th package of sanctions against Russia until June 19, a European diplomatic source told TASS on Wednesday. “The envoys managed to move forward in discussing the 11th package of sanctions, with several elements to be revised still remaining. The next discussion is to be held at the meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives in the European Union next week,” the diplomat said. The US newspaper…

Dmitry Peskov said that the Russian President would speak at the plenary session, but he would not participate in any other events Russian President Vladimir Putin’s speech at the plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) on Friday will be length and will be followed by a discussion, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday. “The President is preparing to take part in the plenary session of the SPIEF, which will be held on Friday. At the moment, the session is scheduled for 14:00. There will be a lengthy speech by the president, then a discussion,”…

The Russian Defense Ministry announced that Ukrainian losses also include four infantry vehicles and 15 armored combat vehicles.  According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the Ukrainian army lost more than 800 soldiers, 20 tanks, 4 infantry vehicles, and 15 armored combat vehicles. in the last 24 hours. The ministry detailed that “enemy losses in the South Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions amounted to more than 800 Ukrainian militaries, 20 tanks, four infantry fighting vehicles, 15 armored combat vehicles, two US-made M777 artillery systems, Msta-B and D-30 howitzers, as well as a Grad multiple rocket launcher combat vehicle.” According to the ministry, Russian aircraft thwarted an…

An agreement is anticipated to be signed to strengthen the two nations’ strategic partnership, which will complement the partnership agreement previously signed between Russia and Algeria in 2001.   Sputnik reported on Wednesday that Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has embarked on his three-day state visit to Russia where he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. His trip is an effort to discuss bilateral relations in addition to a number of issues on the regional and international agenda. An agreement is anticipated to be signed to strengthen the two nations’ strategic partnership, which will complement the partnership agreement previously signed between Russia and Algeria…

Egypt wants to join BRICS as the bloc grows bigger and expands to include more and more countries from all over the world. Russia’s ambassador to Egypt said Wednesday that Cairo applied to join BRICS, the bloc composing Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. “Egypt has applied to join the BRICS group because one of the initiatives that BRICS is currently engaged in is the maximum transfer of trade to alternative currencies, whether national or the creation of some kind of joint currency,” Russian Ambassador Georgy Borisenko said. “Egypt is very interested in this,” the Russian diplomat underlined as…

Washington’s reaction to the bombing of the Baltic Sea gas pipelines is baffling, China says Washington should reveal what it knows about last year’s attack on the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines, China has said, responding to recent claims that US intelligence agencies were aware of the plot months in advance. At a Tuesday press briefing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin was asked to comment on reports published in German and Dutch media suggesting that a Ukrainian plan to destroy the pipelines was known to the CIA in June of 2022, well before a similar scheme allegedly went forward…

“Israel” launches missiles against rural Damascus, Syria, in its latest aggression against the country which resulted in the wounding of a member of the Syrian Arab Army air defenses unit. A Syrian Arab Army soldier was wounded, on Wednesday, at dawn, by an Israeli missile attack targeting military positions in rural Damascus, Syria, while Syrian Arab Army air defenses managed to shoot down several missiles. In a statement to SANA, a military source said “At around 1:5 a.m. today, the Israeli enemy carried out aerial aggression from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan, targeting some points south-west of Damascus. Our…

The Belarusian president said the countries had held talks in Lvov, which were attended by Kirill Budanov, the head of the Chief Intelligence Department at the Ukrainian Defense Ministry Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said that his Ukrainian counterpart Vladimir Zelensky had attempted to establish diplomatic communication with Belarus. “He tells me, ‘Let’s talk,’” Lukashenko said in an interview with Rossiya-1 television. The Belarusian president said the countries had held talks in Lvov, which were attended by Kirill Budanov, the head of the Chief Intelligence Department at the Ukrainian Defense Ministry. Lukashenko didn’t say when the talks took place. The…

Budapest has repeatedly said that, in its view, not only Ukraine and Russia, but also the US, which is the biggest military and financial backer of the Kiev regime, should engage in peace talks to settle the conflict Hungary is pinning its hopes on a comeback by former US President Donald Trump, who could then bring the armed conflict in Ukraine to an end, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said. “If President Trump had won the last presidential election here in the United States, this war [in Ukraine] would not have broken out. <…> We do look at his possible…