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Russia Base Won’t Affect Ukraine NATO Prospect-NATO

By Reuters

Armenia Halts Ratification of Turkey Peace Deal

By Reuters

From Reuters: Armenia on Thursday suspended ratification of peace accords with Turkey, setting back to square one U.S.-backed efforts to bury a century of hostility between the neighbors. … "We have decided…not to exit the process for the timebeing, but rather, to suspend the procedure of ratifying the protocols. We believe this to be in […]

NATO Foreign Ministers Reach Agreement on Nuclear Issues and Missile Defense

By NATO

From NATO: Let me finally turn back to last night’s dinner discussions on nuclear issues and missile defence. Yesterday, before the dinner, I gave you my views on these issues. Now the discussion amongst all the Allies has begun, and I expect it to continue right up to November when the new Strategic Concept will […]

Bosnia Moves Forward on NATO Membership

By NATO

From NATO: We decided that as of yesterday, Bosnia and Herzegovina has entered the Membership Action Plan, the implementation of which will only begin fully when some clearly identified defence property is formally transferred from the entity level to the Ministry of Defence. I strongly welcome this decision. It reflects our shared view that the […]

U.S. Urging NATO to Maintain Nuclear Deterrent

By the New York Times

From the New York Times: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is expected to urge caution when she addresses the ministers on Thursday evening. A senior American official said she would underscore the need for NATO to maintain a deterrent, and for the alliance to act together on this issue. The Obama administration is also […]

U.S. General Gives Notice of More Risk for Germans

By the New York Times

From the New York Times: Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, warned Germans on Wednesday that the Obama administration’s new counter-insurgency strategy increased risks for troops serving there, but that it was a crucial policy aimed at winning support from the Afghan people. General McChrystal, who made a […]

Georgia Confirms Highly Enriched Uranium Seizure

By the AP

From the AP: Georgia’s president said his country had seized a shipment of highly enriched uranium, blaming Russia for creating the instability that allows nuclear smugglers to operate in the region. … Saakashvili gave few details of the seizure during an interview Wednesday with The Associated Press, saying only that the uranium was intercepted last […]

U.S. Patriot Battery to be Deployed in Poland “Around May 24”

By Reuters

From Reuters: A planned battery of U.S. Patriot missiles that has irritated Russia will now arrive in Poland in late May, the state news agency PAP said on Wednesday, nearly two months behind schedule. The temporary deployment of the battery, along with a 100-man team to operate it, is part of a Polish-U.S. agreement signed […]

Russia to Pay Ukraine Annually $98 Million in Cash for Naval Base Rent

By Interfax

From Interfax: Russia, which has granted a discount on gas payments to Ukraine, will start paying about $98 million in cash annually to rent the Black Sea Fleet’s base in Sevastopol starting in 2019, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said at a press conference on Thursday. A 1997 Russian-Ukrainian treaty on the Black Sea Fleet’s stationing […]