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France urges Russia to use ties with Minsk to resolve migrants border cris
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Paris [France], November 12 (ANI/Sputnik): French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and Defense Minister Florence Parly urged their Russian counterparts, Sergey Lavrov and Sergei Shoigu, at a meeting in Paris to use their close ties with Minsk to resolve the crisis on the Belarusian-Polish
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Lavrov pledges to hold 'serious conversation' with France on Ukraine at Fr
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced that he plans to hold a serious conversation about Ukraine with France at the 2+2 negotiations between foreign and defense ministers that Paris hosts on Friday.
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Alleged mastermind behind attack on President Duque arrested
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Bogota [Colombia], November 7 (ANI/Sputnik): Colombian law enforcement has arrested the suspected organizer of the attack on the helicopter of Colombian President Ivan Duque, according to Defense Minister Diego Molano Aponte.
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Ukrainian parliament appoints ex-deputy prime minister Reznikov as defense
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], November 4 (ANI/Sputnik): The Ukrainian parliament appointed ex-Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Reznikov to the post of the defense minister at the president's suggestion on Thursday.
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German DM must know result of pulling forces to Russian borders: DM Shoigu
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 23 (ANI/Xinhua): Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that his German counterpart Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer must know the result of pulling troops to Russian borders, the Russian Defense Ministry's Zvezda broadcasting service said Saturday.
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Turkish Defence Minister notes stabilisation in Syria's Idlib after Putin-
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], October 23 (ANI/Sputnik): The situation in Syria's Idlib de-escalation zone has stabilized after the meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last month, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Saturday.
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NATO to convene meeting on Afghanistan in Brussels
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], October 21 (ANI): NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said that the organisation is planning to convene a summit of defense ministers of the state members in which Afghanistan will be discussed, local media reported on Thursday.
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One of North Korea-launched missiles likely landed outside Japan's EEZ: De
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], October 19 (ANI/Sputnik): One of the ballistic missiles launched by North Korea has presumably landed outside Japan's exclusive economic zone (EEZ), Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said on Tuesday.
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PM Modi has vision, passion, mission to serve people, says Rajnath Singh
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 7 (ANI): Expressing joy over the completion of 20 years working at the constitutional post by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said the former has vision, passion and a lifelong mission to serve people.
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Mali receives 4 helicopters, weapons from Russia: Defense Minister
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Moscow [Russia] October 1 (ANI/Sputnik): A special plane has delivered four Mi-171 helicopters, as well as weapons and ammunition, from Russia to Mali, Malian Defense Minister Sadio Camara said.
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Taiwan says it needs to develop long-range weapons amid China tensions
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], September 28 (ANI): Taiwan should develop the range, precision and mobility of its weapons to boost the island's defenses, said Taiwan Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng on Monday.
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German Defence Minister says will propose plan for EU rapid reaction force
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], September 18 (ANI/Sputnik): German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has announced her plans to propose a plan of creating the EU rapid reaction forces by the end of October, media reported.
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