Showing posts with label agreement. Show all posts
Showing posts with label agreement. Show all posts

Sunday, January 31, 2021

Putin signs last-minute extension to nuclear weapons treaty with US

Vladimir Putin has signed a bill extending the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between Russia and the United States a week before the pact was due to expire. Both houses of the Russian parliament voted unanimously on Wednesday to extend the New Start treaty for five years. Putin and the US president, Joe Biden, had discussed the nuclear accord a day earlier, and the Kremlin said they agreed to complete the necessary extension procedures in the next few days.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/29/putin-signs-last-minute-extension-to-nuclear-weapons-treaty-with-us


Thursday, December 31, 2020

E.U.-China agree to investment pact despite U.S. objections - The Washington Post

... Within the E.U., there is a new wariness of China but no real consensus about what to do. Biden has promised to work with allies on China, although it remains to be seen whether Europe, scorned by President Trump, is eager to work as a team...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe-china-investment-deal-eu/2020/12/30/089742a0-4ab9-11eb-9025-57b4c8818a4a_story.html

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

China signs defence agreement with South Korea as US angers Seoul with demand for $5bn troop payment

The defence ministers of South Korea and China have agreed to develop their security ties to ensure stability in north-east Asia, the latest indication that Washington’s long-standing alliances in the region are fraying.....
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/11/18/china-signs-defence-agreement-south-korea-us-angers-seoul-demand/


Thursday, June 27, 2019

Trump Attacks Mueller, Repeating False Accusations

The agreement for Robert S. Mueller III to testify on Capitol Hill materialized after weeks of phone calls and meetings between House Democratic staff and associates of Mr. Mueller, who made clear his reluctance to enter the political war surrounding his investigation. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/26/us/politics/trump-mueller-testimony.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share


Monday, June 10, 2019

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

What the document signed by Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un says -- Quartz

After shaking hands, meeting one-on-one and in a group, and breaking bread—or rather stuffed cucumbers—over a working lunch, US president Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a mysterious agreement that Trump said was “very comprehensive” and would lead to a relationship with North Korea that is “very different than it has been in the past.”
https://qz.com/1303022/full-text-donald-trump-and-kim-jong-un-sign-comprehensive-document-at-singapore-summit/

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Trump Recertifies Iran Nuclear Deal, but Only Reluctantly - The New York Times

President Trump agreed on Monday to certify again that Iran is complying with an international nuclear agreement that he has strongly criticized, but only after hours of arguing with his top national security advisers, briefly upending a planned announcement as a legal deadline loomed.

Mr. Trump has repeatedly condemned the deal brokered by President Barack Obama as a dangerous capitulation to Iran, but six months into his presidency he has not abandoned it. The decision on Monday was the second time his administration certified Iran’s compliance, and aides said a frustrated Mr. Trump had told his security team that he would not keep doing so indefinitely....
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/17/us/politics/trump-iran-nuclear-deal-recertify.html?emc=edit_nn_20170718&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=78638145&te=1&_r=0










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