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The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued this Friday an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin, accused of the war crimes of "illegal deportation of children" and "illegal transfer of children".
"There is reasonable evidence to believe that Mr. Putin is criminally responsible for these crimes," reads the agency's statement.
In addition to Putin, the court has ordered the arrest of Maria Lvova-Belova, officially Commissioner of the Presidency for Children's Rights.
Ukraine has been accusing Moscow for months of kidnapping Ukrainian children, transporting them to Russia and training them to become Russian citizens.
The TPI Prosecutor's Office said last month that there was "reasonable evidence" that this has happened.
In addition, the Slovak Prime Minister, Eduard Heger,
has announced that his country will send 13 MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine, thus becoming the second country, after Poland, to supply fighter jets to kyiv.
Slovakia joins Poland and will send 13 fighters to kyiv.
In the diplomatic sphere, Chinese President Xi Jinping will travel to Moscow between Monday and Wednesday of next week to meet with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.
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The International Criminal Court orders to arrest Putin for the theft of children
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued this Friday an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin, accused of the war crimes of "illegal deportation of children" and "illegal transfer of children".
"There is reasonable evidence to believe that Mr. Putin is criminally responsible" for these crimes, "both directly, and with and through others," as well as for his inability to control his civilian and military subordinates.
In addition to Putin, the Court has ordered the arrest of Maria Lvova-Belova, officially Commissioner of the Presidency for Children's Rights.
Ukraine has been accusing Russia for months of kidnapping Ukrainian children, transporting them to Russia and training them to become Russian citizens.
The TPI Prosecutor's Office said last month that there was "reasonable evidence" that this has happened.
ACT.17 MAR 2023 - 16:26
The country
Several EU countries will sign a joint ammunition purchase agreement for Ukraine on Monday
A senior EU official told Reuters on Friday that he expects several EU countries to sign an agreement for the joint purchase of 155mm ammunition for Ukraine on Monday.
The document, called a "Project Arrangement," is, according to this official, "the basis for the European Defense Agency and its member states to go forward, basically the terms for the legal basis to go forward."
The official has not confirmed how many countries will sign, but was confident there would be "plenty of signatures" on Monday, noting that the project is open to all EU member states (and Norway) and they can all come in whenever they want. .
(Reuters)
ACT.17 MAR 2023 - 15:56
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Zelensky thanks Slovakia for its commitment to send 13 fighters to Ukraine
The President of Ukraine, Volodímir Zelenski, thanked the Prime Minister of Slovakia, Eduard Heger, by telephone this Friday for his government having approved the delivery to Kiev of 13 Soviet-made MiG-29 combat aircraft, as explained by the head of the Ukrainian state on his Twitter account.
"Our Brussels agreements work!" Zelensky wrote about the commitment sponsored this week by the European Union in which several countries of the bloc commit to supplying Ukraine with more weapons and ammunition to protect its towns and cities and repel the Russian invasion of their territory.
Zelenski thanked the Slovak Prime Minister for "the personal role" in supporting Ukraine and invited him to visit him in kyiv.
Slovakia announced this Friday that it will send 13 MiG-29 aircraft to Ukraine, thus joining Poland, which had previously announced that it would deliver four of this type of fighter to Kiev "in the coming days."
The Polish aircraft may have once belonged to the extinct German Democratic Republic (GDR), so the Berlin government should authorize their shipment to Ukraine to other allies, as occurred with the Leopard 2 tanks. The shipment of Soviet fighters to The Ukraine that the former Soviet countries of the EU have in their endowment would mean a new qualitative leap in the military aid of the NATO countries to Kiev.
The Government of Volodímir Zelenski has insistently demanded the delivery of fighters.
However, he has always asked for Western models and not the Soviet-designed MiG-29.
(Efe / EL PAÍS)
ACT.17 MAR 2023 - 15:53
The country
Turkey approves Finland's entry into NATO
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced this Friday, as expected, that he gives his approval to Finland's entry into NATO.
"The approval process has started," he said at a press conference with Finnish President Sauli Niinistö, on an official visit to Ankara.
Ankara was one of the two NATO partners that had hindered Helsinki's accession to the Alliance, although this reluctance was more indirect.
For months, Finland has tried to join NATO at the same time as neighboring Sweden.
However, Erdogan's hostility to the Stockholm government and, in particular, to Sweden's historic tolerance for the presence of Kurdish nationalist refugees in its territory, blocked the accession process for both countries for a long time.
Finally, and with the approval of the Secretary General of the Alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, Finland has proceeded to negotiate alone with Ankara its entry into NATO, a process that will culminate in the approval by the Turkish Parliament, one of its last measures. of the legislature before the general elections in May.
ACT.17 MAR 2023 - 15:38
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Russia sanctions 23 other Britons, including military and judges, in retaliation for the UK's measures
Russia has imposed new sanctions this Friday on 23 British citizens related to the Armed Forces, a communication agency, the judiciary and the UK prison system, in response to the sanctions imposed by London against the country for its military campaign in Ukraine.
Among those sanctioned are officers of the British Armed Forces "involved in organizing the training of Ukrainian soldiers in the United Kingdom", including formation commanders who provided instructors for this purpose, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry in a statement. release.
The list of British citizens no longer allowed to enter Russia also includes the management of the Zinc Network news agency, which, according to Russia, "acts on the orders of the British Government to discredit foreign journalists who speak from a different point of view on the events in Ukraine”.
According to Moscow, this company "provides support to media outlets recognized as foreign agents in Russia and manufactures anti-Russian materials for distribution in the media."
In addition, Russia has imposed sanctions on a number of judges and officials in the UK prison system "engaged in the harassment of independent journalists".
The Russian blacklist now includes representatives of the leadership of London's Belmarsh maximum security prison, "known for repeated cases of human rights violations," according to the Russian version.
(Eph)
ACT.17 MAR 2023 - 15:29
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The Moldovan president: "As long as Ukraine continues to fight, there is no risk of war here"
The president of Moldova, Maia Sandu, said on Friday that she sees no danger of war in Moldova while Russia is fighting in Ukraine, despite, according to her, Russian efforts to destabilize the small ex-Soviet republic, which borders Ukraine.
During a speech to parliament, Sandu has praised Ukraine's resistance since Moscow invaded more than a year ago, and urged Moldovans to unite behind his bid to join the European Union.
"I want to assure our citizens that Moldova is not now in danger of war," he declared.
"The Russian army cannot get here as long as Ukraine resists, and (thus) protects Moldova. We are grateful to the Ukrainians for their courage and love of freedom."
Moldova, a small country of 2.6 million people wedged between Ukraine and Romania and the poorest in Europe, faces many problems, including an energy crisis and social tensions, which have been exacerbated by Russia's war in Ukraine.
Sandu has reiterated the accusations, denied by Moscow, that Russia wants to destabilize Moldova.
He said Russia, which has had troops in the breakaway Transnistria region since 1991, will continue to try to destabilize his country "from within" and praised law enforcement for blocking attempts to wreak havoc.
In recent weeks, Moldovan authorities have arrested a number of suspected pro-Russian activists who they said were trying to enter the country.
There have also been several protests organized by a pro-Russian party in the capital, Chisinau.
"As long as I am president, Moldova will resist," promised Sandu, the country's president since 2020.
"In 2030, Moldova should become a member of the European Union," he said.
"I urge all political forces to put EU membership above all interests and to support this movement unconditionally."
(Reuters)
ACT.17 MAR 2023 - 15:08
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kyiv police ask for help to identify 200 victims of Russian occupation
The Police of the province of Kiev has once again requested this Friday citizen collaboration to identify the 200 bodies of victims of the Russian occupation of various areas around the Ukrainian capital who have not yet been able to give their names and surnames.
"Right now we have about 200 unidentified bodies and 283 people are still missing," the province's police spokeswoman, Irina Prianishnikova, said in a statement to the Ukrainian and international media, asking those who have lost a friend or relative to go to the authorities.
"Right now in the kyiv province we have examined 1,374 bodies, most of which were killed by the Russian army," Prianishnikova added.
The police spokeswoman explained that more than 1,000 people who died violently during the Russian occupation have so far been identified in kyiv province alone.
Most of these victims were killed in the towns of Bucha, Irpin and Borodyanka, liberated by the Ukrainian army in April last year after Russia captured them at the start of its large-scale aggression against Ukraine, which began on February 24. 2022. "We continue to find mass graves and discover murders committed by the Russian army," Prianishnikova added about the situation in these territories in the vicinity of the capital.
(Eph)
ACT.17 MAR 2023 - 14:16
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Berlin considers the shipment of MiG-29 a "Polish matter" and does not know if they are from the GDR
The German government considers that Poland's announced shipment of MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine is a "Polish matter" and claims "it does not know" whether the aircraft come from the armed forces of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR).
"The German government acts in everything that concerns supplies to Ukraine in consensus with its allies," said the spokesman for the executive, Steffen Hebestreit, adding that the decision adopted by the neighboring country "is up to Poland."
Polish President Andrzej Duda announced yesterday the shipment of four MiG-29 type combat aircraft to Ukraine "in the coming days".
Slovakia has joined the initiative and has revealed that it will deliver 13 fighters of the same model to kyiv.
(Eph)
ACT.17 MAR 2023 - 13:40
The EU prepares to send a million artillery shells to Ukraine until the end of the year
The EU leaders' summit to be held next week will give its go-ahead to a plan to supply Ukraine with one million artillery rounds by the end of the year, according to a draft of the summit conclusions that has been accessed by the German newspaper Handelsblatt, which warns that the text of the draft could undergo changes until the end of the summit.
The EU has been discussing for days how to supply more ammunition to Ukraine for its defense against the Russian invasion.
Locked in a war of attrition with Russian invaders, Kiev's troops consume thousands of artillery shells a day in a conflict that has lasted for more than a year and constant shipments from European partners have depleted their own arsenals.
Faced with the dilemma of continuing to supply ammunition to Ukraine, the European Commission has designed a plan to deliver current stocks to Kiev and, at the same time, articulate a joint purchase mechanism from third countries and increase production in order to speed up deliveries and return to fill their own arsenals, without compromising the security of the European partners.
(Reuters)
ACT.17 MAR 2023 - 13:31
Xi and Putin will address the Ukraine conflict at their meeting
The presidents of China, Xi Jinping, and Russia, Vladimir Putin, will address the conflict in Ukraine during their meeting, which will be held in Moscow between Monday and Wednesday of next week, according to the Russian news agency RIA.
Both leaders will also talk about military and technical cooperation.
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu will also participate in the talks.
(Reuters)
ACT.17 MAR 2023 - 13:16
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Zelenski's team is already preparing a possible conversation with Xi Jinping
The office of the President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, "already works" to prepare a possible conversation with the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, who next week will travel to Russia on an official visit to meet with Vladimir Putin.
US media have reported that Xi will contact Zelensky in a virtual conversation after speaking with Putin, in an attempt to mediate to seat both parties at the negotiating table.
"The preparations for the conversation of the president, Volodimir Zelenski, with the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, are underway," the Office of the Ukrainian president reported this Friday in a brief message collected by the Ukrainska Pravda media.
“There are still no specific agreements on such a conversation.
But this topic, in particular, was discussed by the foreign ministers of Ukraine and China.
So we can say that the work is ongoing," explained Serhii Nikiforov, spokesman for the President of Ukraine.
The Ukrainian spokesman's statements come after it was announced that Xi will arrive in Russia next Monday on a three-day official visit, his first to that country since Russia invaded Ukraine more than a year ago.
A few weeks ago, China presented a 12-point proposal to end the war, in which it affirmed that the territorial integrity of all countries must be respected, while advocating the lifting of sanctions on Russia and a structure that takes into account the interests of all countries.
The West greeted the plan with skepticism as being too biased towards Moscow, since it did not single out Russia as the culprit for the invasion, which it did not mention.
The foreign ministers of Ukraine and China held a telephone conversation on Thursday in which they discussed the plan proposed by Beijing.
Ukraine insists that any peace negotiations must be conditional on the complete withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukrainian territory, including the Crimean peninsula, illegally annexed by Russia in 2014.
ACT.17 MAR 2023 - 12:50
Miguel GonzálezDiplomatic and Defense Correspondent for EL PAÍS
Express Analysis |
Spain could not send fighters to Ukraine even if it wanted to
The Spanish Defense Minister, Margarita Robles, reiterated this Friday that Spain "is not going to send any type of combat aircraft" to Ukraine.
The truth is that she could not do it, even if she wanted to, for the following reasons.
Poland and Slovakia have agreed to supply Ukraine with MiG-29 fighter jets of Soviet origin.
They are devices like the ones the kyiv army already has, which the Ukrainian pilots know how to fly.
Poland has already announced that it will replace them with South Korean FA-50 and American F-35 fighters.
Spain does not have planes of Soviet origin.
If NATO countries were to deliver Western fighters to Ukraine, Ukrainian pilots would first need to be trained in their use, which would take nearly a year.
For this reason, President Zelenski has asked that the training of his pilots begin now, even before NATO decides to supply them, to buy time in case that decision ends up being made and also as a form of pressure.
In any case, the western planes that are being considered to send to Ukraine, due to their characteristics and because many countries have them, would be American F-16s, a model that Spain does not have either.
Spain has F18 fighters but, in addition to requiring a different instruction, the ones they could deliver, which are the ones the Air Force plans to replace in the Canary Islands with 20 Eurofighters, are at the end of their operational life.
When an airplane runs out of flight hours, as is the case, there is no other option than to deregister them.
It is not the case of those that Poland and Slovakia will deliver to Ukraine.
ACT.17 MAR 2023 - 12:34
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A Ukrainian BM-21 missile launcher vehicle fires on March 9 against Russian troops on the front line of Kreminna, in the east of the country.
/ Evgeniy Maloletka / AP
What has happened in the last hours
On the 387th day of the war started by Russia against Ukraine, these are the key data at 12:00 this Friday, March 17:
Xi Jinping will travel to Russia next week to meet Putin.
The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed this Friday that President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to Russia from March 20 to 22, at the invitation of his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.
Despite the skepticism generated in the West by the calculated equidistance that Beijing has maintained since the start of the invasion of Ukraine, the Asian giant is increasingly emerging as a power capable of mediating for the peace of the former Soviet republic, after contributing last Friday to the reestablishment of diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
Slovakia joins Poland and will send 13 MiG-29 fighters to kyiv.
The Slovak Prime Minister, Eduard Heger, announced this Friday that his country will send 13 Soviet-made MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine, making it the second country, after Poland, to supply these aircraft to Kiev.
This promise responds in part to the urgent appeals of the government of Volodímir Zelenski, which has insistently demanded the delivery of fighter jets.
However, Kiev has always asked for Western fighters, such as American F-16s, and not the Russian-designed MiG-29s, which some former Soviet-orbit countries keep in their hangars.
Ukrainian forces claim they have repelled all Russian attacks on Bakhmut in the past few hours.
The Ukrainian and Russian armies continue to maintain heavy fighting, almost street to street, in the strategic city of Bakhmut, in eastern Ukraine, local military authorities have assured.
The kyiv Government Special Operations Forces maintain that "any attempt to advance by the enemy is repelled."
The city, which has been totally destroyed and in which barely 3,000 residents remain out of the 70,000 it initially had, has been the center of clashes between Russians and Ukrainians for the past six months.
Ukrainian forces also shot down a Russian drone, as detailed in their Telegram account.
Russia honors the pilots for the incident with an American drone.
The Russian Defense Minister, Sergei Shoigu, has announced that he will honor the pilots of the fighter that shot down a US drone on Tuesday when it collided with it over the Black Sea.
For the Kremlin, the incident is irrefutable proof of Washington's involvement in the war in Ukraine.
Although Moscow assures that the crash of the drone was not the product of a downing of its fighters, but of a stall, it warns that in the future it will shoot down aircraft that enter an international zone that it considers its own.
Erdogan meets with his Finnish counterpart in Ankara to discuss the Nordic country's accession to NATO.
The President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is holding a meeting in Ankara this Friday with his Finnish counterpart, Sauli Niinistö, in which he is expected to announce that he is lifting his veto on the Nordic country's accession to NATO, pending only Turkish approval. and from Hungary.
The two heads of state already sent signals last Wednesday that the announcement could take place during their meeting today.
"I hope so.
We will do our duty.
We will keep our promise.
On Friday we will meet with the president and we will fulfill our promise," Erdogan said when asked if, after that meeting, Finland's accession will be debated in the Turkish parliament next week.
Russia insists on renewing the cereal pact for 60 days.
Russia insists that it will extend the pact for the export of grain through the Black Sea for only 60 days, instead of the 120 that the agreement establishes for automatic extensions.
This has been stated by the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitri Peskov, despite the fact that the rest of the parties involved, Ukraine, Turkey and the UN, have affirmed this week that the negotiations for the extension of the current period of validity of the pact, which expires this Saturday 18 are still going.
In fact, the United Nations has just reported that the renewal of the initiative has not yet been finalized and that talks between the parties involved are continuing.
(THE COUNTRY)
ACT.17 MAR 2023 - 12:00
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Putin and Xi will have lunch on Monday and continue negotiations on Tuesday
The presidents of Russia, Vladimir Putin, and of China, Xi Jinping, will hold an informal lunch on Monday, March 20, and will continue negotiations on Tuesday, and will later offer a press conference, the Kremlin announced this Friday.
“The communication between the president [Putin] and the leader of China will start in the second half of March 20.
It will be a face-to-face conversation, an informal lunch”, said the spokesman for the Russian Presidency, Dmitri Peskov, at a press conference.
March 21 will be "the day of the negotiations" and, at the end of the talks, they will give a press conference.
(Eph)
ON MAR 17, 2023 - 11:43
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Russia insists on renewing the cereal pact for 60 days
Rusia insiste en que va a prorrogar el pacto para la exportación de cereales por el mar Negro solo durante 60 días, en lugar de los 120 que establece el acuerdo para las extensiones automáticas. Así lo ha asegurado el portavoz del Kremlin, Dmitri Peskov, pese a que el resto de partes implicadas, Ucrania, Turquía y la ONU, han afirmado esta semana que las negociaciones para la extensión del actual periodo de vigencia del pacto, que expira este sábado 18, siguen en marcha.
De hecho, Naciones Unidas acaba de informar de que no se ha cerrado aún la renovación de la iniciativa y que continúan las conversaciones entre las partes implicadas.
Esta semana, fuentes diplomáticas rusas informaron de que había consenso para renovar el acuerdo, sin ningún cambio de condiciones, durante 60 días, pero a continuación Kiev se desmarcó, afirmando que el acuerdo, alcanzado el pasado mes de julio con la mediación de la ONU y Turquía, no contemplaba una prórroga de dos meses, sino de cuatro. Ankara y Naciones Unidas desmintieron a los diplomáticos rusos diciendo que no había tal consenso y que las negociaciones seguían en marcha.
En cada renovación, Rusia ha amenazado con bloquearlo porque sostiene que no está funcionando para sus exportaciones de productos agrícolas y fertilizantes por las sanciones impuestas por Occidente. Los productos agrarios rusos no están afectados por las sanciones, pero Moscú afirma que están dificultando la contratación, aseguramiento y financiación de sus fletes y exige el levantamiento de las sanciones. (Reuters)
ACT.17 MAR 2023 - 11:36
Javier G. Cuesta
El Kremlin afirma que los cazas europeos no alterarán el curso de la guerra
El envío de cazas europeos a Ucrania no cambia nada para el Kremlin. El portavoz de Vladímir Putin, Dmitri Peskov, ha mantenido el mismo guion que cuando se anunció la entrega de tanques europeos Leopard 2 y carros estadounidenses M1-Abrams a Kiev y ha asegurado que los MIG-29 de fabricación soviética que proporcionarán Polonia y Eslovaquia para la defensa ucrania contra Rusia “serán destruidos”.
“El suministro de este equipo militar, como hemos dicho repetidamente, no afectará al resultado de la operación militar especial, pero puede generar más problemas para la propia Ucrania”, ha desafiado Peskov, que ha recalcado que con su entrega “esos países se dedican a la eliminación de equipos viejos e innecesarios”.
El Kremlin ha destacado que este “es otro ejemplo de cómo varios miembros de la Alianza del Atlántico Norte, incluida Polonia, están incrementando su nivel de participación directa en el conflicto”. Esta aseveración también la hizo Moscú en el pasado con la entrega de los carros de combate y de las lanzaderas de misiles múltiples HIMARS, y la volvió a hacer esta semana con el derribo de un dron estadounidense por un avión ruso en el espacio aéreo internacional del Mar Negro.
“Hablando de manera simple, los estadounidenses están completamente locos”, ha escrito en sus redes sociales sobre ese incidente el expresidente ruso y vicesecretario del Consejo de Seguridad Dmitri Medvédev, que ha asegurado que “no existe una convención internacional sobre este tema (la regulación del espacio aéreo)” y ha reiterado el argumento del Kremlin de que aquel territorio había sido declarado “zona de exclusión” unilateralmente por Moscú por la guerra contra Ucrania.
Moscú
ACT.17 MAR 2023 - 12:31
Guerra de Rusia en Ucrania
Xi Jinping viajará la semana que viene a Rusia para reunirse con Putin
Inma Bonet Bailén
El anuncio de la visita, que se realizará del 20 al 22 de marzo, se produce un día después de que el canciller chino hablara por teléfono con su homólogo ucranio.
ACT.17 MAR 2023 - 11:24
El País
Erdogan se reúne con su homólogo finlandés en Ankara para tratar el acceso del país nórdico a la OTAN
El presidente de Turquía, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, mantiene este viernes un encuentro en Ankara con su homólogo finés, Sauli Niinistö, en el que se espera que anuncie que levanta su veto al acceso del país nórdico a la OTAN, pendiente solo del visto bueno turco y de Hungría. Los dos jefes de Estado ya mandaron señales el pasado miércoles de que el anuncio podría producirse durante su reunión de hoy. “Así lo espero. Cumpliremos con nuestro deber. Cumpliremos nuestra promesa. El viernes nos reuniremos con el señor presidente y cumpliremos nuestra promesa”, dijo Erdogan al ser preguntado si, tras ese encuentro, el acceso de Finlandia será debatido en el Paramento turco la semana que viene.
El presidente finés, que visitó el jueves una de las provincias turcas devastadas por los terremotos del pasado 6 de febrero, afirmó ante los medios que “el mensaje del presidente Erdogan es muy importante” y que hoy se trataría ese asunto. “No hemos presentado nuestra candidatura solos, pero podemos convertirnos en miembros. Porque Finlandia ha cumplido todas las expectativas para la candidatura que solicitó”, indicó, recordando que la petición de entrada se realizó de forma conjunta con Suecia, en respuesta a la invasión rusa de Ucrania.
Niinistö ya había adelantado el miércoles que había recibido una invitación para ir a Turquía para ser testigo en persona de ese visto bueno. “Los turcos esperaban que yo estuviese allí para confirmar la respuesta una vez que anuncien la decisión”, afirmó el jefe del Estado de Finlandia. Niinistö señaló que la comunicación con la presidencia turca se ha intensificado en el último periodo y que la razón específica de la reunión que mantendrá con Erdogan ya era conocida por la parte finlandesa desde hace un tiempo.
Tras la reunión de hoy, los dos jefes de Estado ofrecerán una rueda de prensa conjunta en la que se espera que se aclare la situación de la candidatura finlandesa. Tanto Erdogan como su ministro de Exteriores, Mevlut Cavusoglu, han insistido en las últimas semanas en su postura positiva ante la solicitud de Finlandia de acceso a la OTAN, pendiente solo del visto bueno de Ankara y Budapest de entre los 29 miembros de la Alianza.
Mucho más dura es la actitud turca ante la candidatura de Suecia. Turquía considera que Suecia, a diferencia de Finlandia, no ha cumplido todas las condiciones que le impuso, como evitar las actividades en su territorio de organizaciones que Ankara considera terroristas. El Gobierno turco ha llegado a plantear que el acceso de los dos países no se produzca al mismo tiempo, enfadado porque un grupo prokurdo representara una ejecución simbólica de Erdogan en Estocolmo, o por la quema de un Corán a manos de un ultraderechista delante de su Embajada en la capital sueca. (Efe)
ACT.17 MAR 2023 - 10:43
El País
China dice que busca un “papel constructivo” para promover “conversaciones de paz” en Ucrania
China ha insistido este viernes en que desempeñará un “papel constructivo” para promover “conversaciones de paz” en Ucrania tras anunciar que su presidente, Xi Jinping, visitará Rusia, mientras el ministro de Exteriores, Qin Gang, mantuvo anoche una conversación telefónica con su homólogo ucranio, Dmitró Kuleba. “China desempeñará un papel constructivo en la promoción de conversaciones de paz”, ha insistido hoy el portavoz de Exteriores, Wang Wenbin, tras anunciar la visita de Xi a Rusia.
Wang ha destacado que será “una visita de paz” durante la que Pekín “mantendrá su posición objetiva y justa sobre la crisis de Ucrania”. “China ha mantenido intercambios con todas las partes”, ha agregado. Qin aseguró a Kuleba que China intentará ayudar a “un cese de las hostilidades, el alivio de la crisis y el restablecimiento de la paz entre Ucrania y Rusia”. “Ucrania ha expresado su compromiso de establecer relaciones sinceras con China sobre la base del respeto mutuo, y China lo aprecia”, dijo el ministro chino en la conversación.
Según la transcripción ofrecida por Pekín, Kuleba afirmó que “China no solo es un socio importante de Ucrania, sino que también juega un papel indispensable en los asuntos internacionales”.
Con la llamada a Kuleba y la visita de Xi, China, que insiste en que ha mantenido siempre “una postura objetiva e imparcial” sobre el conflicto aunque no califica de guerra la invasión rusa de Ucrania, parece presentar sus credenciales como mediador después de interceder entre Irán y Arabia Saudí para que restablecieran sus relaciones diplomáticas.
El año pasado, Xi y Putin estrecharon sus lazos a pocos días de que estallara la guerra en Ucrania, pero China asegura que las estrechas relaciones entre Pekín y Moscú “no amenazan a ningún país” y que “hacen avanzar la multipolarización del mundo”.
Asimismo, Pekín emitió recientemente una declaración sobre lo que denomina “conflicto” en Ucrania en el que defiende el respeto a la soberanía de todos los países, el abandono de la “mentalidad de guerra fría” y un alto el fuego. También llamó a la “moderación” para “evitar que la situación se descontrole” y derive en un conflicto nuclear, propuesta criticada por Occidente por poner en el mismo plano “al agresor y al agredido”.
China fue uno de los países que se abstuvo a la hora de votar una resolución de condena a la invasión rusa en la Asamblea de la ONU, y aunque no ha apoyado explícitamente a Moscú, sí se ha opuesto a las sanciones contra Rusia porque “no solucionan los problemas”. (Efe)
ACT.17 MAR 2023 - 10:29
El País
Eslovaquia se une a Polonia y enviará también a Ucrania cazas de combate
El primer ministro eslovaco, Eduard Heger, ha anunciado que su país enviará también a Ucrania cazas de combate MIG-29 de fabricación soviética. Se convertirá así en el segundo país, tras Polonia, en enviar estos aviones para reforzar al ejército ucranio en su guerra contra los invasores rusos.
Según ha anunciado Heger, su Gobierno ha aprobado el envío de 13 aparatos que fueron retirados de la circulación el pasado verano y que, en la mayoría de los casos, no están en condiciones operativas, por lo que, al igual que sucede con los cazas prometidos por Polonia, tendrán que ser reparados y puestos al día.
Este miércoles, el presidente polaco, Andrzej Duda, anunció la entrega de cuatro Mig-29 “en los próximos días”, convirtiéndose así en el primer aliado de Ucrania en aprobar el envío de cazas de combate. Esta promesa atiende en parte los urgentes llamamientos del gobierno de Volodímir Zelenski, que ha demandado con insistencia la entrega de cazas de combate. Sin embargo, Zelenski siempre ha pedido cazas occidentales, como los F-16 estadounidenses, y no los MIG-29 de diseño ruso que guardan algunos antiguos países de la órbita soviética en sus hangares. De hecho, Ucrania ya cuenta con varias decenas de estos cazas rusos diseñados precisamente para hacer frente a los F-16. Cuenta con 43 Mig-29, según la revista especializada en el sector aeronáutico Flight Global.
ACT.17 MAR 2023 - 16:21
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