US urges Turkey not to buy more Russian arms
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DefenceTalkThe United States on Friday warned Turkey of further risks to bilateral ties if it buys more weapons from Russia, after US countermeasures over its purchase of the S-400 air defense system. The statement came after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin earlier this week and discussed greater military […]
Turkey, Russia discussed warplanes, submarines cooperation: report
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DefenceTalkTurkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed deepening defence industry cooperation with Russia during talks with his counterpart Vladimir Putin this week, the Turkish leader was quoted as saying Thursday. Erdogan and Putin held their first face-to-face talks in 18 months in the Black Sea resort of Sochi on Wednesday, with the Syrian conflict high on […]
China and Russia-led bloc backs Iran’s future membership
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DefenceTalkDushanbe, Tajikistan: Members of the China and Russia-led Shanghai Cooperation Organization on Friday endorsed Iran’s future membership of the bloc that already includes South Asian rivals India and Pakistan. The move comes as Moscow and Beijing have moved to assert themselves as key players in the region, after the United States’ hasty retreat from Afghanistan […]
Russia, China extend friendship treaty, hail ties
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DefenceTalkThe leaders of China and Russia on Monday announced the extension of a 20-year-old friendship treaty, hailing increasingly close ties and the “stabilizing role” of their relationship. The Kremlin published a joint statement from Russia and China to mark two decades since the treaty was signed, as Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping held a televised […]
NATO chief warns of ‘new dangers’ from Russia-China ties
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DefenceTalkGrowing political and military cooperation between Russia and China poses “new dangers” for NATO and threatens multilateralism, the head of the military alliance said in an interview published Tuesday. “The rules-based order, the basis of multilateralism, is under threat,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told Italy’s La Repubblica newspaper. “Russia and China have been cooperating […]
US cancels Black Sea deployment of two warships: Turkey
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DefenceTalkThe United States has cancelled this week’s planned deployment of two warships to the Black Sea, Turkish officials and media said Wednesday, amid high tensions between Russia and Ukraine. Turkish diplomatic sources said the passage of the first ship through the Bosphorus due on Wednesday did not take place. Anadolu state news agency said both […]
US, Russia warships dock in strategic Sudan port
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DefenceTalkA US warship docked in Sudan Monday a day after a Russian frigate arrived in the same key Red Sea port where Moscow is planning to establish a naval logistics base, an AFP correspondent said. The arrival of the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill to Port Sudan follows Washington’s delisting of Khartoum as state […]
Biden maintains tough line on Turkey over Russia arms
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DefenceTalkDefenceTalkUS President Joe Biden’s administration said Friday it wants Turkey to renounce a major Russian missile defense system it controversially bought in 2019, holding the line set by Donald Trump’s government, which imposed rare sanctions on the NATO ally. “Our position has not changed,” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters. “We urge Turkey not to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/biden-maintains-tough-line-on-turkey-over-russia-arms-76773/
US extends New START nuclear treaty with Russia as rifts rise
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DefenceTalkDefenceTalkUS President Joe Biden’s administration Wednesday extended the New START nuclear treaty with Russia by five years, saying it hoped to prevent an arms race despite rising tensions with Moscow, including over its imprisonment of opposition leader Alexei Navalny. One day before the treaty was set to expire, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-extends-new-start-nuclear-treaty-with-russia-as-rifts-rise-76751/
Russia urges Biden to be ‘more constructive’ on arms treaty
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DefenceTalkDefenceTalkRussia on Wednesday urged US President Joe Biden’s new administration to take a “more constructive” approach in talks over the extension of the New START treaty, Washington’s last arms reduction pact with Moscow. “We expect that the new US administration will take a more constructive approach in its dialogue with us,” the Russian foreign ministry […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-urges-biden-to-be-more-constructive-on-arms-treaty-76680/