Russia 110224 Basic Political Developments
Russia’s non-acceptance of attempts to whip up tensions in the region
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- Russian emergencies ministry planes evacuate 339 people from Libya
- Tatneft Employees and Families Successfully Evacuated From Libya
- U.S. reiterates call for further arms reduction talks with Russia
Russia’s non-acceptance of attempts to whip up tensions in the regionhttp://www.emg.rs/en/news/world/148156.html 24. February 2011. | 07:59 Source: Tanjug
Russia will not accept the attempts to whip up tensions in the Middle East and North African countries Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday in a phone conversation to Secretary-General of the League of Arab States Amr Moussa. “Russian Foreign Minister reaffirmed fundamental rejection of attempts to escalate an external pressure on the course of events in the region and called for constructive engagement of the international and Arab communities in the promotion of democratic transformation and to solve the most pressing issues currently raising in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa," the Foreign Ministry's said in a statement on its website. The Russian side expressed its concern over the fact that confrontation in these countries is beyond the legal framework and leads to violence and victims, RIA Novosti reported. Lavrov said he is convinced that internal problems can and should be solved by peaceful means through dialogue and the responsible attitude of all political forces.
The fourth airplane of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry carrying Russians and citizens of other countries evacuated from violence-torn Libya has landed at Domodedovo Airport outside Moscow. "The fourth and last [Yakovlev] Yak-42 airplane of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry airlifting citizens of Russia and other countries from Libya's capital Tripoli landed at Domodedovo Airport at 9:55 p.m.," a spokesman for the Emergency Situations Ministry told Interfax on Wednesday evening. Four airplanes sent by the ministry to Libya evacuated a total of 339 people, including Russian citizens working in the country under contract, as well as citizens of foreign countries, the spokesman said. On Wednesday, the Emergency Situations Ministry started to evacuate Russians from Libya to Turkey by ferry. "The St. Stefan 2 ferry, which was sent from Montenegro at 7:45 p.m. Moscow time, will pick up Russian citizens in the cities of Sirt and Ra's Lanuf and will deliver them to Turkey," he said. Once in Turkey, they will be flown back home on airplanes provided by the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry.
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In total, more than 80 employees of Tatneft Group of Companies, its subsidiaries and service companies, including the members of their families, were in the Libyan Arab Republic. An Internet communication center for prompt linking with the employees in Libya was established on February 21. The activities of Tatneft's employees to meet the challenges of the staff evacuation were coordinated by the Company's Emergency Operations Center via electronic communication channels and other accessible means. The Tatarstan oilmen in Libya also organized duty shifts: one at their location to monitor the current local situation and the second one in the Internet for the exchange of operational information. The coordinated activities of the Russian Federation Emergency Ministry and Tatneft's Emergency Operations Center resulted in compiling lists of Tatarstan citizens to be evacuated and elaborating an evacuation plan. The Russian citizens were transported to Moscow by the aircraft of the Russian Federation Emergency Ministry. The first air plane (IL-76) with the passengers, including the oilmen from Tatarstan, left Tripoli airport at 06:10 a.m. Moscow time on February 23 landed at Domodedovo airport at 11:30 a.m. Further the employees of Tatneft who had returned from Libya with their families were delivered on board Yak-42 aircraft of Ak Bars - Aero to Begishevo airport (Nizhnekamsk), where they were welcomed by the Company's representatives. The oil workers, living in the south-eastern part of the Republic, went home by buses and the remaining group of those arriving was delivered to Kazan. Copyright 2010, Tatneft. All rights reserved. U.S. reiterates call for further arms reduction talks with Russiahttp://en.rian.ru/world/20110224/162734663.html 04:30 24/02/2011 The U.S. administration is ready to conduct talks with Russia on further nuclear arms reductions, including non-strategic weapons, a senior State Department official said. "The New START Treaty sets the stage for further limits on and reductions in nuclear arms," Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance Rose Gottemoeller said. "As President Obama stated when he signed the New START Treaty, once the Treaty enters into force, the United States intends to pursue with Russia further reductions in strategic and non-strategic nuclear weapons, including non-deployed nuclear weapons," she said. A number of senior U.S. officials voiced the proposal to start talks with Russia on further arms cuts, including tactical nuclear weapons (TNW). When ratifying the New START deal with Moscow in December, the U.S. Senate adopted a resolution obligating the government to start bilateral talks on cutting the TNW stockpiles - landmines, artillery shells and short-range missiles. Washington says Moscow has a larger number of these systems. President Barack Obama said in a message to the Senate early this month his country expects to hold talks with Russia on TNW within a year after the New START arms reduction treaty comes into force. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said January 29 that it is too early to discuss limiting TNW with the United States because Russia needs to see the way the U.S. fulfills its commitments under the New START. WASHINGTON, February 24 (RIA Novosti) Yüklə 120 Kb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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