Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke over the phone on Sunday to discuss the prospects of upcoming peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, which is scheduled to take place in Istanbul on June 2. “The situation linked to the Ukraine crisis was discussed,” the ministry said in its…
Lavrov pushes for revival of Russia-India-China troika (Picture credit: AP) With India having resolved its 2020 border standoff with China in Ladakh, Russia is pushing India to restart the Russia-India-China (RIC) trilateral mechanism. Foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said an understanding had been reached between India and China on how to ease the situation on the…
EAM Jaishankar and Sergei Lavrov NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Friday spoke to his counterpart from Russia, Sergey Lavrov, and discussed escalating India-Pakistan tensions amid following Pahalgam terror attack, which claimed 26 lives. According to the Russian foreign ministry, the two ministers also discussed the schedule of upcoming contacts at the highest…
President Vladimir V. Putin is, brutally, walking a tightrope. The Russian leader appears eager to keep up talks with President Trump as Moscow brims with optimism that energy deals, direct flights and the lifting of sanctions could all be in the offing. Mr. Putin was meeting on Friday with the White House envoy Steve Witkoff,…
Ukrainian troops have withdrawn from all but a sliver of land in Russia’s Kursk region, according to military analysts and soldiers, as their monthslong campaign to seize and occupy Russian territory appears to be nearing an end in the face of Moscow’s counterattacks. At the height of the offensive, Ukrainian forces controlled some 500 square…
With anger in Europe mounting over President Trump’s perceived abandonment of the continent, President Emmanuel Macron of France gathered the chiefs of staff of more than 30 armed forces on Tuesday to review the formation of a multinational peacekeeping force to monitor any cease-fire in Ukraine. A brief statement from the French presidency at the…
The Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov confirmed on Sunday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had left the country after ordering a peaceful transfer of power. Rebel forces seized control of Damascus in a swift offensive on Sunday, ending over five decades of the Assad family’s authoritarian rule. In a statement broadcast on state television,…