Tag: Russia
Russia, China to discuss Pakistan’s SCO membership
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao will meet Monday to discuss expanding their loose Central Asian security alliance to...
Pakistan wants uninterrupted dialogue with India: Hina
Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has said Shanghai Cooperation Organization moot will provide an opportunity to Pakistan to engage with Central Asian States and...
Military intervention in Syria will not be allowed, says Russia
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday his country would oppose a Libya-style military intervention against the Syrian regime which is battling months-long...
Russian Federation seeks significant increase in bilateral trade
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah and Saint Petersburg (Russia) Vice Governor Alexander Prokhorenko have signed a protocol drawn up as a step...
Gaddafi convoy posed no threat when attacked by NATO: Russia
A convoy carrying former Libyan strongman Moamer Kadhafi posed no threat to civilians when it was attacked by NATO jets, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei...
Medvedev denies Putin will ‘return Russia to the past’
President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday denied that Vladimir Putin's expected return to the Kremlin would throw Russia back to its past but admitted the...
Kvitova to lead Czechs in Fed Cup finals with Russia
World number four Petra Kvitova will lead the Czech Fed Cup team against four-time champions Russia in the competition final on November 5 and...
Russia’s Putin holds talks with China’s Hu
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin held talks with China's president on Wednesday, after saying negotiations to secure a huge gas deal with the world's...
Putin arrives in China after $7bln deals
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing Tuesday for talks with Chinese leaders, a day after his gas-rich nation signed deals worth over...
Russia offers to draft ‘more balanced’ Syria resolution
Moscow and Beijing are ready to propose a UN resolution on Syria that is more "balanced" than the West's draft that they controversially vetoed...
Russia says US Afghan policy stokes AIDS problem
The United States is aggravating the HIV/AIDS problem in Russia and the West by refusing to use its forces to destroy opium crops in...
Russia, China under fire over UN vetoes
Russia and China, praised by Syria for vetoing a UN resolution against its deadly crackdown on protests, have come under fresh attack by Western...
Russia to host Syrian opposition
Russia said Wednesday it will host a Syrian opposition delegation later this month despite using its veto against a Western-backed UN resolution condemning Bashar...
UN resolution on Syria ‘unacceptable’: Russia
Russia hit out on Tuesday at a UN resolution proposed by European nations that condemns Syria’s deadly crackdown on anti-regime protests, describing it as...
Russia’s Putin proposes ‘Eurasian Union’
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin called for the unification of post-Soviet states into a “Eurasian Union” in an article published Tuesday on the announcement...
Sarkozy, Merkel to Meet as Europe Weighs Greece
French President Nicolas Sarkozy will meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel Oct. 9 as European officials begin debating a new phase in their efforts to...
Pakistan weighing China plus Russia approach
No doubt that Pakistan is passing through the most critical juncture of its decades’ long ties with the United States but the tension with...
