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by Maria Panina Agence France Presse SOCHI, Russia (AFP) — President Vladimir Putin discussed Syria on Tuesday with his US counterpart Donald Trump, with both speaking of the need for progress toward a peace settlement following the Russian leader’s surprise summit with Bashar al-Assad. Putin’s talks with Assad were part of Moscow’s effort to reboot the Syrian peace process, after military successes on the ground. Putin’s flurry of diplomacy also included phone talks with Saudi […]
SOCHI, Russia (AFP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said he will talk to US counterpart Donald Trump on the telephone on Tuesday after an unannounced meeting with Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad in Sochi. “On the basis of our meeting today, I will hold consultations with the leaders of the countries that I already spoke about. There is already a planned talk with the Emir of Qatar today and tomorrow (another one) with the president of […]
by Francesco Fontemaggi/ and Dave Clark © Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The latest US and Russian bid to find enough common ground on which to build some hope for Syria is in trouble, just days ahead of talks that could make or break the peace process. A United Nations mediator has called on Bashar al-Assad’s regime and a beleaguered opposition coalition to send envoys to Geneva on November 28 to resolve the seven-year-old civil […]
by Becky Davis Agence France-Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — China is set to dispatch a special envoy to North Korea on Friday, a trip hailed as a “big move” by US President Donald Trump, who has urged Beijing to pile pressure on its nuclear-armed ally. Song Tao is officially traveling to the North to brief officials on the recent Chinese Communist Party congress and “other issues of mutual concern” on behalf of President Xi Jinping. But analysts […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China denied Thursday that it has abandoned its long-standing proposal to ease the North Korean nuclear crisis after US President Donald Trump suggested Beijing had agreed to drop the policy. Beijing has long campaigned for a “dual track approach” in which the United States would halt military drills in the region while North Korea would freeze its weapons programmes. But Trump suggested Wednesday following his five-nation trip to Asia, which included […]
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(Eagle News) — Malacanang released the Philippine-US joint statement on the bilateral meeting between United States President Donald Trump and Philippine President and current ASEAN chair Rodrigo Duterte which mentioned all the important points discussed by the two leaders including freedom of navigation in the South China Sea, the North Korea nuclear threat, the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar, as well as the drug war and the human rights issues. There was a “broad range […]
(Eagle News) — United States President Donald Trump called Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte by his first name, thanking him for the “incredible hospitality” and congratulating him for the successful Philippine hosting of the ASEAN Summit. Trump made these remarks at the 5th ASEAN-US Summit commemorating the 40th anniversary of ASEAN-US dialogue relations. “Rodrigo, I would like to commend you on your success as ASEAN chair,” he said. “At this very critical moment in time, and […]
(Eagle News) — US President Donald Trump arrived at the ASEAN gala dinner wearing the special barong Tagalog specially made by the Filipino designer Albert Andrada for the ASEAN leaders and heads of dialogue partner countries of the ASEAN. The specially designed pina barongs for the ASEAN gala dinner have intricate embroidery and front and cuff buttons featuring the ASEAN logo
US President Donald Trump tweeted his arrival in the Philippines in Sunday night, saying “Just landed in the Philippines after a great day of meetings and events in Hanoi, Vietnam!” Trump earlier offered to mediate in a territorial dispute over the resource-rich South China Sea, after years of Chinese island-building in the contested waters. Trump’s surprise proposal to insert himself into the decades-long row risked a backlash from China, which has repeatedly said the […]
