par David Hale, 20/05 16:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Persistence is a key element in successful diplomacy - persistence in the face of adversity, persistence in applying pressure, and persistence in standing by allies and friends. That quality is distinct from Freud's definition of insanity, that is, doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. In the 1990s, sometime ...
par This Is Beirut, 25/05 10:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
China China Military Drills diplomacy Military Drills Taiwan United Nations United States
China puts an end to the military exercises around Taiwan, which began on Thursday morning in reaction to the election of pro-independence president Lai Ching-te. China has ended two days of military drills around Taiwan that saw jets loaded with live munitions and warships practice seizing and isolating the self-ruled island. The exercises ...
par This Is Beirut, 26/05 17:18 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Ambassador Damascus diplomacy Saudi Arabia Syria
Saudi Arabia named a new ambassador to Damascus Sunday, state media said, more than a year after the two Arab nations resumed ties following a prolonged rift over Syria's war. The official Saudi Press Agency said the government had appointed Faisal bin Saud Al-Mejfel as its ambassador to Syria. The newly appointed envoy, according to the report, ...
par This Is Beirut, 29/05 17:56 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Brazil diplomacy Israel Israel-Hamas war
Brazil recalled its ambassador to Israel and will not immediately appoint a replacement, a diplomatic source told AFP on Wednesday, ratcheting up tensions between the two countries over Israel's war in Gaza. Relations between Brazil and Israel have soured over the conflict, with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva accusing the Israeli ...
par This Is Beirut, 17/06 16:27 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
diplomacy Kim Jong-Un North Korea Putin Russia Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to North Korea on Tuesday, in a rare visit that may see Moscow sign a "strategic partnership treaty" with Pyongyang, the Kremlin said. The historic trip -- which the Kremlin called a "friendly state visit" -- comes as Putin seeks ammunition to continue his military offensive in Ukraine and as the West ...
par This Is Beirut, 26/06 13:47 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
diplomacy Europe France Mark Rutte NATO Poutine Trump Ukraine
NATO's 32 nations appointed, on Wednesday, outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as the alliance's next head, handing him the job at a crucial moment with Russia on the march in Ukraine and US elections looming. Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will hand over to Rutte on October 1. Major powers, led by the US, completed his nomination in ...
par This Is Beirut, 15/07 17:16 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
diplomacy Russia Ukraine Ukraine War Volodymyr Zelensky
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday that Russia should be represented at a second summit aiming to secure lasting peace with the Kremlin, after more than two years of war. Both sides have shunned direct peace talks since negotiations between Russian and Ukraine delegations fell through in the early weeks of Russia's invasion ...
par This Is Beirut, 08/08 17:43 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Norway said Thursday it had summoned an Israeli embassy official to protest Israel's decision to revoke the diplomatic status of Norwegian envoys to the Palestinian Authority. "A short while ago, I summoned Israel's representative to Norway and met her at the foreign ministry to protest against this decision. The Norwegian government is now ...
par This Is Beirut, 23/08 20:46 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Afghanistan diplomacy United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates has accepted the credentials of an ambassador from Afghanistan's Taliban government, officials said, becoming just the second country after China to do so. The oil-rich Gulf state said it was committed to "building bridges" to help the Afghan people, after the Kabul foreign ministry announced on social media that new ...
par Samar Kadi, 25/09 09:47 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
diplomacy France Hezbollah Israel
As Lebanon and Israel teeter on the brink of a full-fledged conflict, a diplomatic solution for almost a year-long of spiraling confrontations between Hezbollah and the Israeli army, which took an unprecedented violent turn last week, appears far-fetched. Walid Joumblatt, the former head of the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP), ...
