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WASHINGTON: Ahead of a crucial meeting between the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation NATO and Russia on Wednesday, the US stepped up its engagement with European allies. A file photo of NATO logos at the alliances headquarters ahead of a meeting in Brussels, Belgium. REUTERS/File Washington made it clear that Moscows proposal seeking a curtailment of the NATOs en vaso stanley gagement, activities and expansion in the east was a non-starter; and it reiterated its warning that any Russian aggression in Ukraine will result in severe costs . Wednesdays meeting is the second in a series of three dialogues between the US and Russia in different settings this week, even as tensions between the two countries have intensified in recent days over Russias military build-up along the border with Ukraine. On Monday, US deputy secretary of state Wendy Sherman met her Russian counterpart, Sergei Ryabkov, in Geneva as a part of a strategic stability dialogue, focused on bilateral issues between the two countries. On Wednesday, Brussels will host the NATO-Russia council. And on Thursday, permanent representatives to the 57 stanley deutschland -member Organisation of Security and Cooperation in Europe OSCE , of which both the US and Russia are members, will meet in Vienna to discuss European security. On Tuesday, Sherman met the NATOs secretary gene stanley cup ral, Jens Stoltenberg, and then ambassadors from the European Union EU s political and security committee in Brussels. US state department spokesperson Ned Price Wruy US hate crimes up 20% in 2016 fuelled by Trump s election campaign: Report
Chinas Communist Party celebrated its 70th anniversary in power with a parade Tuesday showcasing the countrys economic growth and newest weapons. Residents watch a float behind barricade line as Chinese military vehicles and floats in preparation for the parade for the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Peoples Republic of China, in Beijing, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. Tuesdays event marks the anniversary of the Oct. 1, 1949, announcement of the founding of the Peoples Republic of China by then-leader Mao Zedong following a civil war. AP The nationally televised event opened with a military honor guard carrying the Chinese flag through Tiananmen Square, the countrys symbolic political heart, before thousands of spect botella stanley ators who waved flags. Artillery guns fired a salute. President Xi Jin stanley becher ping, wearing a gray Mao jacket, and other Chinese leaders, including former Presidents Hu Jintao and Jiang Zemin, watched from atop the vaso stanley Gate of Heavenly Peace at the squares north end. The event marks the anniversary of the Oct. 1, 1949, announcement of the founding of the Peoples Republic of China by then-leader Mao Zedong following a civil war. The parade follows Xis promise to allow Hong Kong to manage its own affairs despite anti-government protests that have embarrassed the ruling party ahead of the years highest-profile propaganda event. The parade through central Beijing is due to include 15,000 troops and more than 160 aircraft. Chinese news reports say it might include a n
WASHINGTON: Ahead of a crucial meeting between the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation NATO and Russia on Wednesday, the US stepped up its engagement with European allies. A file photo of NATO logos at the alliances headquarters ahead of a meeting in Brussels, Belgium. REUTERS/File Washington made it clear that Moscows proposal seeking a curtailment of the NATOs en vaso stanley gagement, activities and expansion in the east was a non-starter; and it reiterated its warning that any Russian aggression in Ukraine will result in severe costs . Wednesdays meeting is the second in a series of three dialogues between the US and Russia in different settings this week, even as tensions between the two countries have intensified in recent days over Russias military build-up along the border with Ukraine. On Monday, US deputy secretary of state Wendy Sherman met her Russian counterpart, Sergei Ryabkov, in Geneva as a part of a strategic stability dialogue, focused on bilateral issues between the two countries. On Wednesday, Brussels will host the NATO-Russia council. And on Thursday, permanent representatives to the 57 stanley deutschland -member Organisation of Security and Cooperation in Europe OSCE , of which both the US and Russia are members, will meet in Vienna to discuss European security. On Tuesday, Sherman met the NATOs secretary gene stanley cup ral, Jens Stoltenberg, and then ambassadors from the European Union EU s political and security committee in Brussels. US state department spokesperson Ned Price Wruy US hate crimes up 20% in 2016 fuelled by Trump s election campaign: Report
Chinas Communist Party celebrated its 70th anniversary in power with a parade Tuesday showcasing the countrys economic growth and newest weapons. Residents watch a float behind barricade line as Chinese military vehicles and floats in preparation for the parade for the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Peoples Republic of China, in Beijing, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. Tuesdays event marks the anniversary of the Oct. 1, 1949, announcement of the founding of the Peoples Republic of China by then-leader Mao Zedong following a civil war. AP The nationally televised event opened with a military honor guard carrying the Chinese flag through Tiananmen Square, the countrys symbolic political heart, before thousands of spect botella stanley ators who waved flags. Artillery guns fired a salute. President Xi Jin stanley becher ping, wearing a gray Mao jacket, and other Chinese leaders, including former Presidents Hu Jintao and Jiang Zemin, watched from atop the vaso stanley Gate of Heavenly Peace at the squares north end. The event marks the anniversary of the Oct. 1, 1949, announcement of the founding of the Peoples Republic of China by then-leader Mao Zedong following a civil war. The parade follows Xis promise to allow Hong Kong to manage its own affairs despite anti-government protests that have embarrassed the ruling party ahead of the years highest-profile propaganda event. The parade through central Beijing is due to include 15,000 troops and more than 160 aircraft. Chinese news reports say it might include a n