March, 2014

• 21 March

  Kerry could meet Lavrov next week

  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said he hopes to meet with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia in Europe next week to discuss the crisis in Ukraine.

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• 21 March

  Obama expands sanctions on Russia

  President of United States, Barack Obama, imposed sanctions against Russian officials and a bank Thursday and warned to apply more on the wider Russian economy if Moscow escalates actions against Ukraine. “Russia must know that further escalation will only isolate it further from the international community,” Obama said at the White …

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• 21 March

  Shootouts in Tripoli between Assad supporters and opponents

  Shootouts between supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad died down in Tripoli, northern Lebanon on Friday after heavy fighting in the past 24 hours, three deaths.

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• 21 March

  Ukraine warns of military response if Russia attempts to annex eastern regions

  Ukraine would respond with military action if Russia is attempting to annex the eastern regions mainly Russian-speaking country, the interim Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said Thursday. “I want to officially warn Russia: we firmly respond, including through military means, against any attempt to seize the Ukraine, to cross borders, or …

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• 21 March

  Turkey not yet decided on CAR mission

  Turkey has yet to take a decision to meet the demand for the EU to contribute to the mission to deploy troops in Central African Republic, but plans to send an officer of the army group and a plane.

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• 21 March

  French forces killed 40 suspected jihadists in Mali

  The French defense minister said forces have killed about 40 suspected jihadists in sweeps in northern Mali in recent weeks. Jean-Yves Le Drian says militants linked to al Qaeda’s north African wing have recently been trying to regroup. French

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• 21 March

  Russia ratifies treaty on Crimea

  The Russian parliament approved a treaty to Crimea part of Russia as well as Ukraine declared the area an “occupied territory” and threatened to go nuclear.

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• 21 March

  Ukraine, EU sign agreement for better ties

  The leaders of the European Union and Acting Prime Minister of Ukraine, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, several chapters have signed a historic agreement to strengthen political ties between the two parties.

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• 19 March

  France could cancel selling Mistral warships to Russia

  France’s foreign minister Laurent Fabius has mentioned the possibility to veto against the sale of two Mistral warships to Russia, and also urged other countries to take similar action, even though the financial losses would be high. “If Putin continues doing what he is doing we could envisage cancelling the sales,” Fabius …

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• 19 March

  Presidents of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey to meet in May

  Presidents of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey will meet in Tbilisi at beginning of May. “Previously, these meetings representatives of the three countries were held at ministerial level of the economy, while

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