Tag Archives: Diplomacy / Foreign Policy

France, Germany and Italy threaten arms sanctions for Libya

PARIS (Reuters) – The leaders of France, Germany and Italy on Saturday threatened for the first time to apply sanctions against countries that continued to violate a United Nations arms embargo against Libya. French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte called on “all …

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When the chips are down, EU leaders take away potatoes

Belgian Prime Minister Sophie Wilmes and Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel take a break from the EU’s first face-to-face summit since the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), and eat potato chips outside of the Maison Antoine friterie in Brussels, Belgium, on July 18. , 2020 in this image obtained from …

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G20 officials pledge to continue cooperating to boost global economy

RIAD / WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Finance officials from the Group of 20 major economies on Saturday pledged to continue to use “all available policy tools” to combat the coronavirus pandemic and strengthen the global economy, warning that the outlook remains highly uncertain . Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed al-Jadaan wears a …

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