... political will as well as the popular support it enjoys at home look much stronger than what the current US administration can muster.
With regard to Palestine, the US took conflict settlement into its own hands, sidelining the other three members of the defunct Middle East Quartet: Russia, the European Union, and the United Nations. As a result, the two-state solution to the Israeli-Arab conflict was de facto put on ice. In its place, Washington focused on economic handouts to the Palestinian Arabs who in return ...
... fertilizers).
Russia is ready to keep on strictly fulfilling its obligations under international contracts regarding shipments of agricultural products. We are aware of the importance of our wheat for the nations of Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the
Middle East
. In the current agricultural year, our exports will amount to 37 million tons of grain, next year we plan to increase it up to 50 million tons. Russia intends to continue providing humanitarian assistance, including through the UN World Food Program.
Russia’s goal has always been to stabilize the situation ...
... robust UN engagement to de-escalate the current crisis and assist the region to work towards regional security dialogue and understanding, including through the important work of the UN Department of Political and Peace Building Affairs.
Andrey Kortunov:
The Future of the Middle East: Horizons of Challenges and Opportunities
The UN, in its neutral mediatory role, can helpfully facilitate an inclusive process that gives due consideration to proposals aimed at stabilising the region, including the Hormuz Peace Initiative,...
... information and communications.
Sceptic’s remark.
It is likely that the region’s short- and medium-term access to external and internal sources of funding for integration projects will remain very limited. The United States is not going to invest in the Middle East under President Donald Trump. Quite the contrary, Trump will do everything within his powers to lower global energy prices, resulting in an even smaller influx of finance into the region. The EU, riddled with numerous financial problems, will be unable ...
...
In the course of the meeting, the parties shared information on educational and research projects, discussed the possibilities for the development of expert online and webinar meetings, as well as the use of RIAC analytical and training materials in UN training programs. Special attention was given to RIAC research on such topics as migration, international cooperation in the Arctic, and conflict resolution in the Middle East.
An agreement was reached to continue interaction between the organizations.
... According to the statement following the meetings, the Russian side reaffirmed its commitment to sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Syria, as well as its focus on effective promotion of an inclusive inter-Syrian dialogue based on the UN Security Council Resolution 2254, as well as the decisions of the Syrian National Dialogue Congress in Sochi.
On October 26, a delegation of the Syrian High Negotiations Committee headed by Nasr al-Hariri arrived in Moscow and was received at the ...
... Vladimir Putin for another term as president of the Russian Federation in March of this year, Russia is entering a new cycle of foreign and domestic policy. Russia's foreign policy at the moment is particularly fraught; the conflict in Syria, the continued uncertain status of the Donbass region of Ukraine, accusations of cyberwarfare and interference in US elections, and the Skripal poisoning incident in the UK have driven wedges between Russia and many other countries. Stronger sanctions are being imposed ...
... Syrians themselves. The international community has been assigned the role of intermediary in the negotiations and election observer only.
Future state structure
REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen
Yuri Barmin:
America’s War Against Itself for the Greater
Middle East
At this juncture, both the government and almost all the forces of the political opposition favor maintaining the territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic. However, until now the nature of the country’s state structure has exacerbated divisions: ...
