During the trip to Sochi, the parties will "discuss a full range of bilateral and regional issues, including Iran, Syria, and Ukraine. This trip is part of our ongoing effort to maintain direct lines of communication with senior Russian officials and to ensure US views are clearly conveyed," the Department of State reported.
"Secretary Kerry will then travel to Antalya, Turkey to consult with Allies and partners gathered for a meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers on May 13."
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Kerry to Meet Putin, Lavrov Tuesday ...
ReplyDeleteSecretary of State John Kerry is traveling to Sochi, Russia, for a Tuesday meeting with President Vladimir Putin about the Ukraine crisis and conflicts in the Middle East.
It is Kerry's first visit to Russia since fighting erupted in eastern Ukraine more than a year ago between pro-Russia separatists and Kyiv's forces after Moscow annexed Ukraine's Crimean peninsula.
The State Department said Kerry and Putin, along with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, would discuss "a full range of bilateral and regional issues, including Iran, Syria and Ukraine."
The State Department announcement of the trip said it was "part of our ongoing effort to maintain direct lines of communication with senior Russian officials to ensure U.S. views are clearly conveyed.
After his brief stop in Russia, Kerry is continuing on to Turkey for a meeting of NATO foreign ministers and then returning to the United States for a summit of Arab leaders that President Barack Obama is hosting at Camp David, the presidential retreat outside Washington......voanews.com
11/5/15
NATO set to gather in Antalya with Russia and jihadist threat top on the agenda...
ReplyDeleteNATO’s policy towards Russia over the situation in Ukraine and the threat posed by extremists from the Alliance’s southern border will be main topics of discussion at the next NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting, which Turkey will host in the southern province of Antalya between May 13 and 14.
Nearly 60 representatives of states including international organizations and 28 member countries will attend the gathering, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, who hails from Antalya, said in a televised interview on May 11.
Preparations for next year’s summit in Warsaw will be among the topics of the meeting in Antalya, Çavuşoğlu said, expressing Turkey’s expectation for the 2016 gathering to be a “summit of enlargement.”
Citing to “power shift” in the region, the minister questioned NATO’s role it this time, and what kind of steps the Alliance can take.
In addition to a session where the foreign ministers of all 28 allies will engage in comprehensive consultations on major issues on NATO’s agenda, a series of other sessions will take place with the participation of the foreign ministries of partner nations
Ukraine is a “valued partner” of NATO, and the Alliance will hold a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council at this critical time in Antalya, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said at a press conference on May 11.
“In Eastern Ukraine we see more loss of life, a rise in ceasefire violations, obstruction of the monitors and continued Russian support for the separatists. This is a disturbing trend in the wrong direction … And Russia has a special responsibility for this. So we will also address the strategic implications of a more assertive Russia,” Stoltenberg said.
“We will assess with our international partners the extremism and turmoil on our southern borders,” he added......hurriyetdailynews.com
11/5/15