Peacekeepers serving with the UN’s Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) wear face masks while on patrol. (Photo / MINUSMA/Harandane Dicko) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The Security Council on Wednesday renewed the mandate of the United Nations Multidimensional
(Photo By Gary Raynaldo / ©Diplomatic Times) Joint statement as delivered by the Permanent Representative of Albania on behalf of Albania, France, Ireland, Norway, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Ukraine to press correspondents after Security Council meeting on Maintenance of Peace and Security
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin announced today that President Joe Biden approved an additional $1 billion security assistance package for Ukraine including 18 more 155 mm M777 towed howitzers. Austin convened the third meeting of the Ukraine Defense
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – PENTAGON – The Biden administration announced Wednesday a new $700 million package of weapons for Ukraine that includes an advanced rocket launcher system. The Pentagon is sending four M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS,
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg thanked the United States for its “indispensable” role in Western Allies’ response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Meeting with Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on Wednesday at the Department
President of the Republic of Senegal Macky Sall Addresses General Assembly Debate at United Nations in New York September 24, 2021 (UN Photo / Cia Pak) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – Senegal’s President Macky
Credit: twitter.com/usembassykyiv By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The American flag was raised at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv Wednesday as the diplomatic compound reopened since being shuttered in February ahead of Russian forces coming across Ukraine’s border launching its invasion. Last week, diplomats including
Soldiers of the XVIII Airborne Corps arrive in Wiesbaden, Germany, in support of NATO allies, Feb. 4, 2022. (Credit: US DOD / Army Spc. Joshua Cowden) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – PENTAGON – Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin has ordered
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at meeting with NATO (Credit: NATO.int) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – PENTAGON – U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin apparently initiated a telephone call with Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Friday setting up
Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu (Credit: Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – PENTAGON – U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin spoke with Russian Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu on Friday for the first time since Moscow