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Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Friday that new U.S. sanctions announced this month over a nerve agent attack in Britain would only create more tension in bilateral relations, the RIA news agency reported.
The United States is expected on Monday to impose new sanctions that could terminate some arms sales and financing to Russia, as well as deny the country credit and prohibit the export of security-sensitive goods and technology.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said Russia's relations with Turkey are becoming deeper and richer, in a meeting in Moscow with Turkey’s top diplomat along with its defense minister and intelligence chief."Our relations with Turkey are becoming deeper and more meaningful, becoming deeper in the field of economic cooperation, in addressing a number of issues related to regional issues," Putin said during his meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar and Hakan Fidan, chief of the National Intelligence Organization (MIT).In the nationally televised meeting, Putin also mentioned the "regular character" of contacts with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.Russia and Turkey along with other countries have made serious progress in resolving the Syrian crisis, Putin added."Thanks to the efforts of our countries with the involvement of other interested states, in particular, I mean Iran, our cooperation with the UN, with European countries, with the United States -- we've managed to make serious progress in resolving the Syrian crisis," he said.Turkish top officials meet Russian defense minister
Putin: Turkey-Russia regional, economic cooperation on the rise
U.S. President Donald Trump's national security adviser John Bolton said on Friday that U.S. sanctions against Russia would remain in place until Moscow changes its behaviour.Speaking at a news conference in Kiev, Bolton added he had told Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko that Moscow should not meddle in Ukraine's presidential vote next year.Washington has imposed economic sanctions against Russia over its alleged meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Moscow denies the allegations.John Bolton also said that Washington would not weigh in on an idea to swap territory between Serbia and Kosovo following Belgrade’s idea of settling a dispute that has hindered both Serbia's and Kosovo's ambitions to join the European Union by redrawing the border between the country along ethnic lines."Ukraine had made progress in its efforts to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), but that it still had more work to do", he added.Bolton said it was important to resolve the Ukraine crisis and that it would be dangerous to leave the situation as it is in Crimea and eastern Ukraine where Moscow has backed separatists in a conflict against Kiev.Russia says all options on table for response to US sanctions'Trump could seize Arab funds at any moment'Italian govt bond yields rise from early drop after reports of help from TrumpUS says El Salvador's decision to discontinue diplomatic ties with Taiwan 'a grave concern'
Bolton says US sanctions to stay until Russia changes behaviour
Turkey's National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar and Hakan Fidan, chief of the National Intelligence Organization (MIT), met with Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu in Moscow on Friday.The top officials discussed regional security, recent developments in Syria, and bilateral cooperation between Ankara and Moscow, said a Turkish official who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to the media.According to a statement by Russia’s Defense Ministry, "The heads of the military services continued a substantive dialogue on the situation in Syria, which began a week ago at a bilateral meeting in Moscow, during which the Russian side handed over to Turkish colleagues proposals on resolving the situation in the northwest of Syria.''The meeting was expected to address the issue of Idlib in northwestern Syria, a subject also addressed today in a meeting in Moscow between Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov.Last week Fidan and Akar also visited Moscow where they met with Russian officials along with Shoygu, in a meeting focusing on humanitarian aid to Syria and the return of refugees from abroad.Russian President Vladimir Putin is also expected to receive the Turkish officials later in the day.German foreign minister to visit Turkey next monthMilitary solution in Syria’s Idlib would be ‘disaster’: Turkish FM
Turkish top officials meet Russian defense minister
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that all options were on the table when it came to Moscow's possible response to a new round of U.S. sanctions, the Interfax news agency reported on Friday.Ryabkov was also cited as saying that Moscow had not yet noted any signs that the United States was ready to normalise relations.Moscow had also noted attempts by Washington to revise tentative agreements reached by President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump at last month's Helsinki summit, Interfax cited Ryabkov as saying. Russia says unidentified helicopters provide arms to Daesh, TalibanTurkish, Russian top diplomats to meet in MoscowRussia's Lavrov to meet Saudi counterpart on Aug 29EU unlikely to heed British call for more Russia sanctions'Russia will not stop rocket engine exports to US'
Russia says all options on table for response to US sanctions