By Agencies, The ill-fated Mistral helicopter carriers, which France refused to hand over to Russia due to the Ukrainian crisis, have been sold to Egypt by Paris for a reported €950 million. The contract was agreed upon at a high-profile meeting between French and Egyptian representatives in Paris. “We unwound the contract we had with […]
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By BBC News, Russia and Angola have opposed moves at the UN Security Council to impose sanctions on a South Sudan general and a rebel commander, diplomats say. The US had proposed a travel ban and asset freeze on army chief Paul Malong and rebel general Johnson Olony for continuing to fuel conflict. The Russian […]
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By France 24, EGYPTIAN President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced on Tuesday that Russia has agreed to help build the country’s first ever nuclear power plant, which will be located in the northwestern town of Dabaa. Sisi’s announcement came a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in the Egyptian capital Cairo for a two-day visit […]
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By Russian Foreign Ministry, DEPUTY Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Bogdanov, special presidential representative for the Middle East and Africa, on February 4th, received and held talks with Petros Tsegai, Ambassador of Eritrea to Russia.
Continue ReadingBy TesfaNews, PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin greeted the new Eritrean ambassador to Russia, Petros Tseggai Asghedom, during a ceremony held today at the Grand Kremlin Palace. President Putin also accepted the credentials of another 14 new ambassadors. “I would like to sincerely wish you every success and express a hope that your work here will facilitate […]
Continue ReadingBy MFA Russia, ON 24 October, Russia abstained from voting on a draft UN Security Council resolution on Somalia and Eritrea. In our work on the draft, we proceeded from the task of speedily achieving peace and stability in Somalia and the need for an objective response from the UN Security Council to the situation […]
Continue ReadingBy World Bulletin, ETHIOPIA is awaiting the imminent arrival of a decades-old statue of renowned Russian poet Alexander Pushkin – who allegedly had Ethiopian roots – from Russia, Ethiopia’s Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. Born in 1799 in Moscow, Pushkin, whose ancestry is claimed by both Ethiopia and Eritrea, is considered the father of modern Russian […]
Continue ReadingBy Fikrejesus Amahazion, IN RECENT days, international sanctions have once again garnered attention. In Canada, Prime Minister Stephen Harper imposed fresh sanctions on Russia, largely in response to “Russia’s illegal occupation of the Crimean peninsula in Ukraine and provocative military activity.” [1a,1b] These latest sanctions follow those imposed months ago that “came into force in order to […]
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