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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo holds a joint press conference with
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Later today, President Trump
will meet with Lavrov at the White House.
Earlier in the
day, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that he did not rule
out the possibility that the issue of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear
Forces (INF) Treaty would be addressed at the upcoming talks between
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump.
NATO
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said after the NATO-Russia Council
(NRC) meeting in Brussels on Wednesday that the alliance was ready
to continue a dialogue on the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF)
Treaty with Russia.
"Allies and Russia… shared views on the
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty," NATO said in a
statement following the NRC meeting.
In addition, Stoltenberg noted that all allies agreed that the INF treaty has been crucial to Euro-Atlantic security.
"We all agree that the INF Treaty has been
crucial to Euro-Atlantic security… Allies urge Russia again… to ensure
full compliance with the INF Treaty without delay. While we stand ready
to continue dialogue on this issue with Russia, as an Alliance we are
also committed to take effective measures to continue to ensure the
safety and security of all Allies," Stoltenberg said.
Russia,
on its part, said that INF treaty is important as a factor
in maintaining European and global stability, Permanent Mission to NATO
noted.
The NATO-Russia Council, which brings together the 29 Allies and
Russia, met in Brussels on Wednesday to exchange views on a wide range
of topics, including issues related to military activities, reciprocal
transparency and risk reduction; the situation in and around Ukraine;
Afghanistan; and hybrid challenges. According to the statement released
by NATO press service, NATO and Russia provided briefings on major
exercises "in the spirit of transparency."
The council was established on May 28, 2002 and was effectively
suspended by the alliance in 2014-2016 over the situation in Ukraine.
The latest NATO-Russia Council meeting was held in late May at NATO
headquarters in Brussels.
A Russian
soldier stands beside a Russian S-300 long range surface-to-air missile
system in Kubinka, Russia, August 21, 2018. (Photo by Bloomberg)
A senior Israeli official
has admitted that Russia's delivery of S-300 anti-aircraft missile
defense systems to Damascus will pose a serious "challenge" to the
regime.
Tensions have been rising between Moscow and Tel Aviv following the downing of a Russian warplane in Syria this month.
The official, whose name was not released in the Sunday report by the
Times of Israel, said Tel Aviv was working on "different ways" to deal
with Russia's recent move.
“The S-300 is a complex challenge for ... Israel. We are dealing with
the [decision] in different ways, not necessarily by preventing
shipment [of the anti-aircraft systems],” he said.
The official said Israel enjoyed the US support and reserved the right to protect itself, without elaboration.
"[Russian President Vladimir] Putin made a move, but it's a big playing field and he understands that," the official said.
Moscow vowed to bolster Syria’s air defense capabilities by sending
modern S-300 surface-to-air missile systems to the Arab country within
two weeks after the recent accidental downing of a Russian Il-20
reconnaissance aircraft.
Netanyahu told Putin in a phone conversation that Israel "will continue to do what it has to do to defend itself."
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday Russia has already
started delivering the S-300 system to Syria as part of efforts to
ensure the safety of Russian forces in the Arab country.
The Russian plane with 15 servicemen on board disappeared from radars
on September 17 as four Israeli F-16 warplanes were attacking state
institutions in Syria’s Latakia Province, which is home to Russia-run
Hmeimim airbase.
Russia’s Defense Ministry held Israel responsible for the incident,
saying the regime’s warplanes “created a dangerous situation” that led
to the downing of the Russian aircraft by Syria’s S-200 missile defense
system.
Israel frequently attacks military targets in Syria in what is
considered as an attempt to prop up militant groups that have been
suffering heavy defeats against Syrian government forces.
If the US cares as much about the concept of sovereignty as
President Donald Trump claims, it should stop interfering in the affairs
of other countries, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says.
Statements by top US
officials clearly show which country is actually interfering in the
affairs of other nations, Lavrov said during a press conference on the
sidelines of the UN General Assembly on Friday.
The foreign minister cited Kurt Volker, the US special representative for Ukraine, as an example. “It
would be fine if Volker talked about reconciliation in Ukraine. All he
talks about is how Russia is to blame for everything,” Lavrov said.
“And
then he takes the liberty of saying things like ‘Russian people deserve
freedom’ – that’s the US special representative for Ukraine speaking –
‘And the Ukrainian experience should inspire Russian people.’”
"You can probably figure out from this who is calling for meddling and who isn’t."
If
the US actually took seriously its own statements about countries
worldwide being sovereign, it would be a very welcome development, the
Russian foreign minister stated, reflecting on Trump’s speech at the UN
General Assembly.
“Trump, among other things, stated that he firmly backs the sovereignty of each nation in the world; I strongly support this,” Lavrov said.
Previously,
Moscow stated that terrorists in the rebel-held Syrian city of Idlib
attempted to carry out provocations with the use of chemical weapons in
order to create a pretext for international strikes against Syrian
government forces.
Russian
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has warned Western countries against new
strikes on Syria. He also mentioned possible provocations with the use
of biological weapons, noting that constructive dialogue between Moscow
and Washington is needed in order to strengthen the non-proliferation
regime.
"There's an alarming situation regarding the
issue of chemical disarmament. First of all, this is in connection
with the actions of a number of Western states accusing the Syrian
authorities with more and more unsubstantiated allegations of using
banned chemical agents. We warn [the West] against new strikes on the
territory of the Syrian Arab Republic under another staged pretext,"
Lavrov said at a UN Security Council meeting.
Previously, US President Donald Trump stated that the US would respond
if chemical weapons are deployed by the Syrian government.
Earlier this year, a coalition, led by Washington, carried out a
series of airstrikes against Syrian forces following an alleged chemical
weapons attack by the government in the city of Douma. Damascus denied
the accusations, while Moscow stated that the whole attack was a false
flag operation, staged by anti-government militants.
Murder of Donbass leader committed with help of Western intelligence services - DPR acting head
The assassination of Aleksandr Zakharchenko, the leader of the
self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, was committed with the help
of western intelligence services, the republic’s acting head said.
One person has been
detained as part of an investigation into the murder of Aleksandr
Zakharchenko, the acting head of the DPR Denis Pushilin said on
Saturday.
Pushilin stated that the detained person is “an agent of Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU)”,
adding that SBU was involved in Zakharchenko's assassination. DPR
investigators analyzed the remains of the explosive device that killed
Zakharchenko and identified technology that hadn’t previously been used
by SBU, he said.
“This gives us an understanding that the terrorist attack was committed with the assistance of Western intelligence services,” he added.
Earlier
in September, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) accused Ukrainian
intelligence services of being behind the explosion that killed
Zakharchenko.
Moscow condemned the murder of the 42-year old,
saying that the incident may jeopardize the peace process in the east of
the country. “Given the current situation, it’s impossible to talk
about the nearest meetings in the Normandy format like many of our
European partners would have wanted,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. “It is a serious situation that must be analyzed. We are doing it right now.”
Zakharchenko
was killed by an explosion in a cafe in the eastern Ukrainian city of
Donetsk in late August. He had headed the DPR since November 2014, when a
crisis broke out in Ukraine following a coup d’etat that ousted
President Viktor Yanukovych.
Hours after Zakharchenko’s killing, the SBU released a
statement, rejecting all allegations of its involvement in the
incident. According to the service’s spokeswoman, the blast was probably
caused by infighting in the Donetsk Republic.
Russia,
on its part, said that INF treaty is important as a factor
in maintaining European and global stability, Permanent Mission to NATO
noted. 
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