Russia, U.S. at odds on Palestinians before meeting
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Russia called on Wednesday for an easing of pressure on the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority but the United States said an aid embargo must remain in place until the Palestinians meet conditions set out by western powers.
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Two rounds of talks on a Russian proposal for missile defense cooperation with the U.S. have failed to narrow differences that have strained relations, officials from both countries say.
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MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday raised the possibility that the United States is trying to âisolateâ Russia from its neighbours among the former Soviet republics amid ongoing tension over elections in Ukraine.
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Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal arrived in Moscow on Monday for talks aimed at lobbying Russia to push for an end to a Western aid embargo on the Palestinian government.
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The rejection sets up a possible showdown between Russia and the West over the disputed territoryâs final status.
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Envoys from the United States, European Union, Russia and the U.N. will meet Tuesday in Jerusalem for the first time since Hamas militants seized control of the Gaza Strip, an Israeli government spokeswoman said Friday.
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U.S. and Russian officials sought on Thursday to play down their differences in talks on global security but a more conciliatory tone was not expected to fix U.S.-Russian relations which are at their lowest ebb in years.
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Emergency talks on a key arms control pact began in restrained fashion on Tuesday with Russia, the United States and NATO states all at pains not to escalate East-West confrontation, the U.S. and Russian delegations said.
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The United States and Russia clashed yesterday at a European security forum over the crisis of Ukraine&#39;s disputed election, elevating
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Israeli and Palestinian leaders are set to meet to try to ease peace problems ahead of the US president's key tour.
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Russia and the United States on Tuesday clashed over efforts to win influence in Ukraine and other former Soviet republics, with Moscow warning the West against interference and Washington rejecting the charge.
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President George W. Bush will host Russia's President Vladimir Putin in July amid friction between the two over U.S. plans to build a missile shield in Europe and U.S. criticism that Moscow is moving backward on democracy.
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Israelis and Palestinians are to discuss core issues in the conflict on Monday, the Palestinian leader says.
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BERLIN, May 31 -- Russia and the United States sparred yet again Thursday, continuing a war of words that has raised tensions across the Atlantic.
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Israeli and Palestinian leaders will meet on Friday in another attempt to bridge gaps in talks over a joint document to be presented at a U.S.-run conference on Palestinian statehood.
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Arriving in Israel to try to win support for Mideast summit, the Secretary of State encounters new tensions over Israel's decision to declare the Palestinian enclave a "hostile entity"
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Middle East power brokers the European Union, Russia, United Nations and United States expressed concern over ongoing Palestinian violence and reaffirmed an economic and diplomatic boycott on the Hamas-led Palestinian government.