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Russia ready to retaliate if West seizes its assets — MFA

Russia is ready to retaliate proportionately in the event that its assets are seized in the West, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.She made the statement at a news conference when commenting on a US bill that aims...

US halts arms and military equipment deliveries to Ukraine

The United States has stopped the supply of weapons and military equipment to Ukraine due to the lack of budget funds for such programmes.This was confirmed by John Kirby, coordinator of strategic communications at the White House National Security...

Mongolia plans to open an embassy in Uzbekistan

Mongolian authorities plan to open an embassy in Tashkent in the near future.The relevant project has already been presented to the Chairman of the Parliament of Mongolia Zandanshatar Gombojav. The staff of the diplomatic mission will consist of three...

Chinese, Canadian FMs hold phone talks on ties

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday held a phone conversation with his Canadian counterpart Melanie Joly at the latter’s request.Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said that both...

Assistant Secretary: US is ready to support establishment of durable peace in South Caucasus

The United States continues to support the peace process and normalization of relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia and is happy to help in this direction, US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs James O’Brien told an...

Germany authorises the delivery of 150 IRIS-T missiles to Saudi Arabia

Germany has agreed to supply arms to Saudi Arabia until the end of 2023 for the first time since October 2018.This information was confirmed to journalists by Steffen Hebestreit, the official representative of the Council of Ministers of the...

Kazakhstan chaired the CSTO meeting

A meeting of the CSTO Permanent Council chaired by Kazakhstan was held on 10 January.This is the first meeting of the Permanent Council in 2024, Trend reported on Wednesday.Taking into account Kazakhstan’s presidency in the Organisation since 1 January...

Cargo traffic along Northern Sea Route above target in 2023 — Rosatom

Cargo transportation along the Northern Sea Route was above the target by more than 250,000 metric tons, the press service of Russian state corporation Rosatom said.“The cargo traffic along the Northern Sea Route in 2023 was updated. It totaled...

North Korea’s Kim calls South ‘principal enemy,’ turning up heat

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stepped up a pressure campaign on South Korea by calling it the “principal enemy,” in an apparent effort to influence his neighbor’s upcoming elections.Kim said on a visit to munitions factories that the...

China, Maldives upgrade ties as presidents hold talks

Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with President of the Republic of Maldives Mohamed Muizzu in Beijing on Wednesday.The two heads of state announced the elevation of bilateral ties to a comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership.Xi said that the people...

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