Europe

LONDON, Jan 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Britain and France reaffirmed their commitment to the Iran nuclear deal, while acknowledging the need to define a long-term framework, to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, said a Downing Street spokesperson.

British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, and French President, Emmanuel Macron, made the remarks during a meeting on the margins of the Berlin conference on Libya.

LONDON, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Britain and France on Sunday reaffirmed their commitment to the Iran nuclear deal while acknowledging the need to define a long-term framework to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, said a Downing Street spokesperson.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron made the remarks during a meeting on the margins of the Berlin conference on Libya.

KIEV, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky bid farewell to 11 Ukrainians killed in a plane mistakenly shot down by Iran earlier this month, the presidential office said Sunday.

The president, along with Parliament speaker Dmutro Razumkov, Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk and some other members of the government, arrived at Boryspil International Airport in Kiev to receive the bodies of nine crew members and two passengers.

The head of state expressed his sincere condolences to the families and relatives of the victims.

BERLIN, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- World leaders attending the Libya Conference in Berlin on Sunday called for the end of foreign meddling in the Libyan conflict, pledging to set up a follow-up committee to oversee the outcomes of the conference, according to a draft communique.

19 Jan 2019; MEMO: The EastMed pipeline project will fail to be a feasible plan in terms of its cost and construction process, according to Italy’s foreign minister, Anadolu Agency reports.

“It is obvious that the EastMed pipeline project, proposed by Greece, will not be an option in the medium and long-term compared to other projects, when its cost and the construction process are taken into consideration,” Luigi Di Maio told Anadolu Agency.

London, Jan 18 (PTI) The UK government has confirmed the official plans to mark Brexit Day on January 31, which will include a giant clock count down the significant moment as part of a light display at 10 Downing Street.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will address the nation just before the UK officially leaves the European Union (EU) at 11 pm (local time)

Ahead of that address, he will chair a special Cabinet meeting in the north of England as a message of unity for all parts of the United Kingdom, including Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.

MOSCOW, January 18. /TASS/: Leaders of terrorist groups in the Idlib de-escalation zone, who fight against the Syrian government forces, seek to trigger a spiral of escalation, hoping for Western countries’ support, in order to mobilize militants and hold control of the occupied areas, Major-General Yuri Borenkov, chief of the Russian center for reconciliation of the conflicting sides in Syria, told reporters on Saturday.

MINSK, January 19. /TASS/: Latvia has the technical opportunity and the required infrastructure to pump oil through its ports to Belarus, Latvian Minister of Transport Talis Linkaits said on the air with ONT TV Channel.

"We have all the required infrastructure in order to pump oil via Latvia to Belarus and back, in both directions. Such technical opportunity is available; there is simply a need to discuss capabilities," Linkaits said. "I believe our enterprises received offers and are working on how to do this in the best way," the minister said.

MOSCOW, January 18. /TASS/: Russia’s former Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev dubbed the government’s resignation as a routine event and called to take it calmly, Medvedev said in a televised interview on Channel One on Saturday.

"In general, the resignation of a government should be always taken absolutely calmly. There is nothing extraordinary about that. It happens throughout the world, it happens in our country. Maybe, it did not use to take place very often in recent years, but nevertheless, it is a totally routine event," Medvedev said.

ST. PETERSBURG, January 19. /TASS/: The truth about Second World War is sometimes hushed up deliberately at the state level and some corresponding websites are closed down, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday at a meeting with WWII veterans and public activists.

According to the president, when propaganda that distorts the truth about the war goes up to the level of state in foreign countries, nothing can be said against, since it would not be allowed.