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Beijing (China) | 4 December 2021

Preamble
Democracy is a common value of humanity and an ideal that has always been cherished by the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Chinese people.
This year marks the centenary of the CPC. Since its founding in 1921, the Party has taken wellbeing for the Chinese people and the (...)

Р5 Conference Paris, 2-3 December, 2021 Joint communique

Paris (France) | 3 December 2021

Representatives from the five Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Nuclear Weapon States (NWS), or “P5", met in Paris on 2-3 December 2021 for the 10th P5 Conference, to discuss the preparations for the upcoming 10th NPT Review Conference and related matters.
For over fifty years since its (...)

Counter-argument to the 5 Russian myths deconstructed by NATO

Moscow (Russia) | 30 November 2021

This document is the response of the Russian Foreign Ministry to NATO’s publication "Top Five Russian Myths Debunked by NATO" MYTH: Russia is not interested in a dialogue with NATO
Rebuttal:
Russia did not do anything to worsen its relations with NATO. The blame for the degradation of these (...)

Russian Foreign Ministry Statement on the planned US «summit for democracy»

Moscow (Russia) | 30 November 2021

Global Times
In connection with the so called summit for democracy to be held on December 9-10 at the initiative of the US administration, we consider it necessary to make the following statement.
The organisers and enthusiasts behind this strange event claim to lead the world in advancing (...)

“The Navalny Case: Setting the Record Straight”

The Hague (Netherlands) | 27 November 2021

Ambassador Alexander Shulgin
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen,
Thank you for being with us. We convened this online conference which is official side event of the forthcoming Conference of state-parties to discuss the so-called Navalny case especially from the prospect of what’s going (...)

«I am livid»

by Dominik Stillhart

Geneva (Switzerland) | 22 November 2021

I am livid. Pictures viewed from afar of bone-thin children rightly elicit gasps of horror. When you’re standing in the pediatric ward in Kandahar’s largest hospital, looking into the empty eyes of hungry children and the anguished faces of desperate parents, the situation is absolutely (...)

Vladimir Putin’ Speech at the Foreign Ministry Board

by Vladimir Putin

18 November 2021

Kremlin
Mr Lavrov, colleagues,
I would like to welcome everyone here to the expanded meeting of the Foreign Ministry Board. Today, our agenda is focused on the implementation of Russia’s foreign policy and priority tasks for the future, taking into account the adopted amendments to the (...)

Aspects of the space activities of Russia and other states

by Maria Zakharova

Moscow (Russia) | 16 November 2021

In light of the numerous media inquiries we have received, it is necessary to provide some clarification regarding the Defence Ministry’s successful test on November 15 of this year. The test resulted in the destruction of the inactive Russian satellite Tselina-D that had been in orbit since (...)

Ethiopian Statement on the US Government Sanctions Imposed on the Eritrean Government

Addis-Ababa (Ethiopia) | 13 November 2021

Fekade
The Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia denounces the announcement of the United States on November 12, 2021, to impose sanctions on the State of Eritrea. We believe the US has failed to consider important facts:
1. The Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) (...)

The US Treasury sanctions Eritrea

Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 12 November 2021

Treasury Sanctions Four Entities and Two Individuals in Connection with the Crisis in Ethiopia
Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated four entities and two individuals pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 14046 in response to the growing (...)

Declaration of the Paris International Conference for Libya

12 November 2021

On 12 November 2021, the President of the French Republic, the Federal Chancellor of Germany, the President of the Italian Council of Ministers, the President of the interim Presidency Council of Libya, the Prime Minister of the interim Government of National Unity of Libya, and the (...)

U.S.-China Joint Glasgow Declaration on Enhancing Climate Action in the 2020s

10 November 2021

The United States and China recall their Joint Statement Addressing the Climate Crisis of April 17th, 2021. They are committed to its effective implementation and appreciate the intensive work that has taken place to date and the value of continued discussion.
The United States and China, (...)

On criticism by American politicians of Russia’s participation in international efforts to combat climate change

by Maria Zakharova

Moscow (Russia) | 9 November 2021

American politicians, including former US President Barack Obama, are criticising Russia for insufficient efforts to counter the effects of climate change at the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
These groundless accusations (...)

Remarks by Joe Biden at the COP26 Leaders Statement

by Joseph R. Biden Jr.

1 November 2021

Ladies and gentlemen, to state the obvious, we meet with the eyes of history upon us and the profound questions before us. It’s simple: Will we act? Will we do what is necessary? Will we seize the enormous opportunity before us? Or will we condemn future generations to suffer?
This is the (...)

«A Perspective on the Ethiopian-U.S. Relationship After a Year of Conflict»

by Jeffrey D. Feltman

1 November 2021

Had someone previewed for me in 2015 — in the middle of my six-year tenure as United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs — that I would someday serve as the U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, I would have scoffed: Government service fell into the “been there/done that” (...)

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