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Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus in a phone call expressed determination to boost allied ties between the two countries, the Kremlin press service said in a statement on Thursday. [The presidents] discussed pressing issues on the bilateral agenda. The parties expressed mutual determination to boost allied ties between Russia and Belarus in all areas, the statement reads.
According to the Kremlin press service, Putin and Lukashenko also touched upon efforts to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in connection with the Belarusian president’s visit to Azerbaijan on April 13-14.
The two presidents agreed to maintain contact at various levels.
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United by America: The geopolitical context and significance of China’s embrace of Iran April 9, 2021, 8:07 PM IST
The writer is Professor Emeritus of Public Policy, Australian National University
It’s said God created war so Americans could learn geography. I doubt I’ll see the lesson learnt in my lifetime, perhaps not even in God’s lifetime. Without a firm grasp of geography, an understanding of geopolitics also seems to elude American policy makers. Two of the key geopolitical lessons of history are my enemy’s enemy is my friend, and outcasts will band together.
It required Henry Kissinger, with his magisterial grasp of European history and towering intellect, to wean China away from the Soviet Union. Since the end of the Cold War, Russia’s interests have been serially disrespected by a triumphalist US with Nato’s eastward expansion, military intervention in Kosovo, constitutional coup in Ukraine etc. With China declared