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Putin adds that the construction of the weapons storage facility in Belarus is due to be completed on July 1. According to German media, Russia’s decision to place tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus has been criticized by the German Foreign Ministry on Sunday, labeling it an “attempt at nuclear intimidation,” German media reported. This comes a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the agreement between Moscow and Minsk to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, while ensuring conformance with international commitments and laws. Putin pointed fingers at the US for having stationed its tactical nuclear weapons on lands…

Heads of government are also expected to attend the Arab Development Summit in Mauritania and the Arab-African Summit in Saudi Arabia this year as well.  On Sunday, the League of Arab States’ (LAS) Assistant Secretary-General, Hossam Zaki, confirmed that the 32nd summit of the LAS is due to take place in Saudi Arabia on May 19 this year. “The 32nd Arab summit is expected to be held in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on May 19,” Zaki said in his statement, adding that heads of government are also expected to attend the Arab Development Summit in Mauritania and the Arab-African…

Progress toward an agreement had stalled earlier this month due to Berlin’s demand for exemptions Germany and the EU have reached an agreement in their dispute over Brussels’ plan to ban combustion engines starting in 2035, EU officials announced on Saturday. According to tweets by European Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans and German Transport Minister Volker Wissing, Brussels has agreed to allow new vehicles with combustion engines to be registered even after 2035 if they use climate-neutral fuel. “We have found an agreement with Germany on the future use of e-fuels in cars,” Timmermans wrote on Twitter. The initial EU proposal…

The State of Palestine condemned in the strongest terms Israel’s continued provocations and aggression against both the worshippers and the sanctity of Holy Sites in Jerusalem, particularly in and around Al-Haram Al-Sharif. The ministry of foreign affairs and expatriates, in a statement, condemned Israeli occupying forces’ aggression against worshippers during the holiest month of the year, in grave violation of the historic, legal, and political status quo of Jerusalem. It also condemned the unlawful detention of worshippers followed by the forced invasion of Jewish settlers into Al-Haram Al-Sharif under the protection of Israeli occupying forces. “Israel, the occupying Power, is…

Sheikh Mohammad Hussein, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine, has strongly condemned the raid earlier today by Israeli police on the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem and the forcible eviction of Muslim worshipers from the holy site. The Grand Mufti described the Israeli raid and the eviction of worshipers as a “severely dangerous attack on the sentiments and beliefs of Muslims,” adding that the Israeli escalation “aims at achieving the interests of extremist settler groups that seek a religious war in the region.” He denounced the threats made by the so-called Israeli “Temple Mount groups” about their intention to…

A proposal to send 12 Soviet-made Mi-24 attack helicopters to Ukraine will be submitted for approval during the next session of the North Macedonian government, the country’s Defense Minister Slavjanka Petrovska announced on March 25, according to the local media outlet Nezavisen. Petrovska said that the decision will not affect the combat readiness of the North Macedonian military since the “equipment is already at the end of its use, according to our modernization plans,” as quoted by the media. “All the equipment that has been donated so far has to do with the request of the Ukrainian authorities, who are…

These were unexpectedly long events, Dmitry Peskov said An unscheduled long informal communication of the Russian and Chinese presidents, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, speak of the leaders’ attitude, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov opined in an interview with the ‘Moscow. Kremlin. Putin’ program on the Rossiya-1 TV channel. “Certainly, these were unexpectedly long events. But this speaks to the mood of the two leaders, the spirit of trust and the thoroughness of their communication,” Peskov said, responding to a question from journalist Pavel Zarubin. Peskov stressed that initially it was not planned that the informal talks between Vladimir Putin and…

Most of them laid down their weapons voluntarily About 70 servicemen of the Ukrainian armed forces have laid down arms and surrendered to Russian forces in the past two weeks on the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), an officer from a region’s security agency told TASS on Sunday. “About 70 Ukrainian soldiers surrendered in the past two weeks alone. Most of them laid down their weapons voluntarily, wishing to save their lives,” the source said. According to his data, most of them are military fighting on the Avdeyevka, Donetsk and Ugledar fronts. Source: Tass

Russian President is convinced that the West crosses all red and even deep-red lines by supplying weapons to Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin sees Western countries as “initiators and instigators” of the conflict in Ukraine. “An armed coup – that’s where it all started. We were forced to protect the population of Crimea, and this way or another we ended up supporting Donbass. They pretend they had nothing to do with it. They are the initiators of this conflict and the instigators. And today they are handing over millions more munitions, hardware and so on,” the president said, answering questions…

Bilateral relations between Greece and Turkey have been restored following the latter’s changed stance toward Athens, as per Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias. Greece on Saturday affirmed its recent “positive turn” in relations with Turkey following devastating crises in both countries. The joint statement comes following the fourth Positive Agenda Meeting in the Turkish capital of Ankara on March 22 and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu’s recent meeting with his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias in Brussels. Dendias affirmed that the meetings reflect the new reality between the two countries. The top Greek diplomat said that Ankara’s changed stance toward Athens was the reason for…