Syria-Russia Relations Important to Both
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Syria and Russia, one-time allies driven apart by the collapse of the Soviet Union and brought closer again by American policies, both stand to gain from a relationship reinvigorated by Syrian President Bashar Assad's visit to Moscow.
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Russia said it would give top priority to funding new efforts to fight terrorism a day after President Vladimir Putin unveiled plans to concentrate national political efforts on the same objective.
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The diplomatic struggle over Russia's refusal to extradite the man suspected in the poisoning death of a former KGB agent in London could hamper progress on an array of issues critical to the West.
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Russia and Turkey, putting to rest lingering Cold War tensions, said Monday it was time their political ties caught up with their booming economic links.
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BAGHDAD -- The foreign ministers of Iraq and Syria formally announced the resumption of diplomatic relations yesterday, with pledges to strengthen communication and security between the two neighbors.
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The BBC's Paul Reynolds says there is a new era of self-interest in relations between Russia and the United States.
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Russia should be more active in developing relations with Ukraine. This was the view expressed on Wednesday by Sergei Markov, director of the Institute of Political Research, commenting on the results of the ...
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Russia must decide if it wants positive relations with the West, a Downing Street spokesman said Monday after President Vladimir Putin warned of a new Cold War-style arms race.
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DAMASCUS -- Syria told a visiting State Department official yesterday that it was willing to engage in "serious" dialogue with Washington on all Middle East issues, just days after both countries attended a conference in Baghdad on restoring security to Iraq. US officials rarely visit Syria, although Washington has said in recent months it wants to reach out to Damascus ...
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After six months of public tension between Syria and the United States, relations have settled down into a more pragmatic mode. At least this is how Syria's ambassador to Washington,    Imad Moustapha , describes it.
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The European Union prepares to restart high-level contacts with Syria for the first time in more than two years.
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Differences over trade, energy, human rights and international policy look set to mark the EU-Russia summit.
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Defence co-operation is an important pillar in bilateral relations with Russia, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh said today while addressing reporters along with visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Austrian federal President Heinz Fischer said Tuesday his country is very interested in enhancing bilateral relations with Syria in the cultural, political and economic fields, describing bilateral relations as ...
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Why Russia, the U.S. and Europe care so much about Ukraine's disputed presidential election
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany -- President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia proposed yesterday that an existing missile-defense radar system in Azerbaijan be used to protect Europe from a possible future attack from Iran, and President Bush said the United States and Russia would begin talks to find areas of potential strategic cooperation.
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ELEANOR HALL: To Russia now, where President Vladimir Putin&#39;s announcement this week of a radical overhaul of Russia&#39;s political system has sparked concern about the future of democracy in the country.