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laurence norman

@laurnorman

11 months

Barbarity on our doorsteps. #Ukraine #War #Invasion

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laurence norman

@laurnorman

2 years

Thank god we didn’t send those modern tanks. Or Putin would have escalated.

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So...When Greece made itself too dependent on foreign debt, was tasked with getting finances sorted with European loans supposedly to be repaid in full. When Germany becomes too dependent on Russian gas, everyone supposed to pitch in. Fair parallel? In which case, how that work?

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Finland PM @MarinSanna asked about the @JoeBiden off ramp comments. “The way out of the conflict is for Russia to leave Ukraine. That’s the way out of the conflict.”

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EU Magnitsky act inching forward, at Dutch prodding. @JosepBorrellF promised today non-paper on it from @eu_eeas which was next stage in process. 23 countries in support at today's foreign mins mtg, source says. 5, including Greece, Cyprus, Italy, have reservations. #Russia

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EU's Magnitsky/global human rights sanctions regime has this morning been formally adopted. End of a 10 year fight.

After U.S. Push, EU Set to Target Human-Rights Violators

The European Union approved a sanctions regime similar to the U.S. Magnitsky Act on human rights, ending a decade of political fighting and giving EU governments a new tool to coordinate sanctions...

www.wsj.com

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2 years

On a less sarcastic note, what does this say about Putin’s utter disrespect for institutions like UN and for those all too many heads of state trying to stay neutral on this? He does it right in the middle of UNGA where so many of the neutrals are pleasing for conflict end.

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@laurnorman

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If he wasn’t popular enough in the European Parliament already, this moment could get @ZelenskyyUa elected Parliament president next time around. Zelensky’s Victor Orban moment.

Tomasz Bielecki

@TomaszBielecki

2 years

Zełenski do Orbana: Viktor, czy wiesz co dzieje się w Mariupolu? A ty się wahasz - sankcje czy nie? Przepuszczać broń dla Ukrainy czy nie? Czy handlować z Rosją czy nie? Nie ma czasu na wahanie. To czas na decyzje ⬇️

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@laurnorman

5 years

Source said #Merkel interrupted @theresa_may tonight numerous times to say but what is it you want? #Brexit #meltdown

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@laurnorman

2 years

I wonder how Russia’s UN diplomats are feeling this morning as they try to win the narrative about western sanctions vs Putin’s war? Putin might as well have gone to NY and stood up and said: “it’s my war and I’m never going to give up my imperial conquest.”

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@laurnorman

5 years

A senior European diplo tells me @SecPompeo came to Brussels for a photo op -- Europe and US stand against Iran. "He wanted a photo op. We declined and stuck to the plan." #Iran #EU @FedericaMog

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@laurnorman

2 years

Macron has just said at the press conference right after Ukraine given candidate status that 1) NATO has said no to Ukraine. and that 2) over time, opening EU accession process to Ukraine is not the right geopolitical response. These are both highly problematic.

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@laurnorman

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Pretty stinging rebuke of Russia by IAEA board. 26 in favor and 2 against. (Russia, China), The board "expresses grave concern that the Russian Federation has not heeded the call of the Board to immediately cease all actions against and at nuclear facilities in Ukraine;" -1-

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@laurnorman

2 years

A Baltic official said he told his colleagues he wanted to see a 7th Russian sanctions "KGB" package. K for Patriarch Kyrill. G for gas and B for (remaining) Russian bank sanctions.

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@laurnorman

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@alexstubb @FT No violence. What a slogan. Let’s be honest. This is a call for no Ukrainian violence in the face of massive brutal Russian violence. Not a call for peace. A call for occupation and colonialism. Nothing more. Nothing less.

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@laurnorman

3 years

Under prodding from @RonJohnsonWI , @ABlinken says he agrees that certain Trump foreign policy moves were welcome. Included: NATO partners paying more, Abraham accord and, without quibbles, @RichardGrenell Kosovo-Serbia initiative. Worth noting EU folks.

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@laurnorman

5 years

I also hear @theresa_may pushed for a 2021 deadline target for the backstop but one EU leaders pushed back and said how can this possibly be made legally binding. She had no answer. Result: they quickly decided among EU27 not to even consider offering further assurances. #Brexit

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@laurnorman

2 years

On the farce of the Russian "referenda," @EmmanuelMacron : "Russia has declared war. it has invaded this region, it has bombed it. it has killed its people, it has driven its people to flee and now it explains that in this same region, it is going to organize a referendum."-1-

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@laurnorman

2 years

A response to Abdollahian from a senior US official. “Of course there has been no such message. Our only messages to Iran would be to stop killing your own people and stop selling the Russians weapons to kill Ukrainians.”

Abas Aslani

@AbasAslani

2 years

#Iran FM: Three days ago we received a message from the US. In their messages, the US is in hurry to reach the point of agreement ASAP…They want to put political pressure on Iran to get compromises at the talks…Their public stances are different coz of their domestic use.

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@laurnorman

2 years

This is pretty amazing. Well worth watching.

Patrick Moelleken 🇺🇦

@PMoelleken

2 years

. @ZelenskyyUa 's tv address to the Russian (!) people might be the most moving speech that I've ever seen in my entire life. The whole world needs to see, understand and share this crucial Ukrainian message. #StandWithUkraine #Ukraine #Україна #Russia #Россия

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@laurnorman

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@Khanalizadeh_IR This is an inaccurate read of what I tweeted though I should have been clearer. What the source said was time is now so short that every day that passes without progress is the equivalent of a week passing by without progress in April to June. It was not a compliment.

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@laurnorman

4 years

EU has agreed conclusions to take its announced sanctions measures over Hong Kong. Still needs to get through a written procedure expiring Tue evening. Conclusions call for national asylum, visa, residence & migration measures, further limiting exports of sensitive equipment-1-

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@laurnorman

2 years

@AlexKokcharov @felix_light The response is more extraordinary... "We want all of this to end as soon as possible," says Putin, who has said nothing has been lost in the war and Russia will continue its operation until it achieves all its goals.

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@laurnorman

2 years

Big new EU sanctions package proposal coming shortly from @vonderleyen . First time, will touch on energy -- EU coal ban from Russia. If approved.

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@laurnorman

1 year

Very good thread on the situation over the IRGC. One small amendment: the current legal issue is whether the terror listing could be based on a legal case from outside the EU. EU’s legal services expected to offer an opinion.

Hannah Neumann

@HNeumannMEP

1 year

There has been a lot of talk and misinformation about the #IRGC 's inclusion on the 🇪🇺 EU terror list. So here is a 🧵 thread to clarify things - for my own position, read until the end: #Iran #IRGCterrorists (1/15)

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laurence norman

@laurnorman

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The EU is set to target four Chinese officials and one entity for human rights abuses, the first sanctions the bloc has aimed at China since the Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989. Our story.

EU to Sanction Chinese Officials Over Human-Rights Violations

The sanctions, which include a travel ban and asset freezes, would be the first by the bloc since the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.

www.wsj.com

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@laurnorman

2 years

To put in context, his argument was that his political community structure is the right geopolitical response. OK, leaders will discuss that tonight. But that is NOT the NATO position. And it seems extraordinary to diss Ukraine's EU accession prospects minutes after agreeing it.

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@laurnorman

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@maxseddon Clearly. And this is obviously also Putin in front of the cameras acknowledging that to make Beijing out to be a more neutral player, which is useful for Russia/China. Anything these guys say in front of the cameras is clearly completely stage-managed.

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@laurnorman

1 year

@IuliiaMendel Does it point out what Russia does to countries that aren't in NATO? Like Ukraine or Georgia?

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@laurnorman

2 years

@BBCPolitics Easy to miss here given the thunderbolt of Davis' call but kind of remarkable. The PM, who wrote a book on Churchill, says "I don't know what quotation he's alluding to" about the Amery quote, which effectively brought down Chamberlain and paved Churchill's way to No. 10.

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@laurnorman

3 months

When people talk about western media failing to question Putin, just bear this in mind when it comes to judging their mendacity.

Steve Rosenberg

@BBCSteveR

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Four hours. No question. #Putinpressconference

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@laurnorman

7 months

I guess he’s talking about Biden.

Charles Michel

@CharlesMichel

7 months

Close allies. Close friends. 🇪🇺🇺🇸

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@laurnorman

3 months

If this is correct, the EU has a BIG decision to make. Senior EU officials have said this would be a red line, necessitating economic sanctions on #Iran . That would be the final nail in the coffin of the JCPOA. So let's watch closely to see if they act or not.

Anton Gerashchenko

@Gerashchenko_en

3 months

Iran has provided Russia with hundreds of powerful surface-to-surface ballistic missiles, six sources told Reuters. Iran's provision of around 400 missiles includes many from the Fateh-110 family of short-range ballistic weapons, such as the Zolfaghar, three Iranian sources…

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@laurnorman

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Putin likes to harp on about the peace deal Ukraine walked away from. My colleagues have seen the whole thing. All subjugation. Not much peace. “No foreign weapons would be allowed on Ukrainian soil. Ukraine’s military would be pared down to a specific size.” -1-

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@laurnorman

3 years

Senior EU official says U.K. Johnson was seeking bilateral calls with Merkel, Macron on Monday on #Brexit . But EU officials and the two leaders decided no, let's speak with one voice. Don't take the calls.

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@laurnorman

2 years

Absolutely, blindingly clear -- even though @vonderleyen @eucopresident are avoiding saying it -- that EU have received absolutely zero assurances from Xi, China on Beijing not circumventing sanctions or not supporting Russia or seriously weighing in to stop the fighting.

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@laurnorman

3 years

Super interesting line in Joint @JoeBiden @EmmanuelMacron Statement that probably won't get attention it deserves. "In the framework of their joint fight against terrorism, the United States commits to reinforcing its support to counter-terrorism operations in the Sahel..."-1-

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@laurnorman

2 years

@Dr_rer_nat Part sarcasm. Part despair at those who can’t see what path Putin is set on.

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@laurnorman

5 years

A note in response to some questions. Please read this metaphorically not literally. He didn't literally come for a photo up and was declined. Diplo source said he came to create impression US had Euro backing vs Iran but that Euros declined to play that game.

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@laurnorman

4 years

E3 have just circulated letter to UNSC presidency and issued statement rejecting US SnapBack move.

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@laurnorman

2 years

So essentially, our aim is to colonize the world to de-colonize it. Just like he’s trying to liberate Ukraine by enslaving it. Let’s be clear now. Nothing like this in Europe since 1939.

max seddon

@maxseddon

2 years

Putin says Russia wants to lead an "anti-colonial movement" to liberate the world. "We need to turn this disgraceful page. Western hegemony will be smashed. This is inevitable. We must do this for our people, the great historical Russia."

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1 year

@Gerashchenko_en I guess he's thinking of the kind of sovereignty the Red Army helped establish in eastern Europe from around 1947/48-1990.

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@laurnorman

2 years

Here's my understanding of EU sanctions package proposed to member states this morning over Russia/Ukraine...1/Sanction all Russian Duma lawmakers. 2/ Asset Freeze on 3 Russian banks with links to separatist regions in east Ukraine... 1/2

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@laurnorman

2 years

It really is worth checking out this EU Q&A on EU road transport sanctions on Russia to look at what Brussels has been clearly saying on record on Kaliningrad despite complaints from Berlin elsewhere. It's black and white. June 8 updated. -1-

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@laurnorman

2 years

Yeah, because what joy and prosperity Iran’s guns and money have created in Lebanon, Syria and Iraq.

Seyed Mohammad Marandi

@s_m_marandi

2 years

This is what shameless NATO war criminals have done to Libya. If it wasn't for the Resistance and General Qasem Soleimani, the fate of Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, and Yemen would have been just as bad, if not worse.

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@laurnorman

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Russia Grand Prix has been cancelled, the football champions league final has been moved out of Russia AND Russia has been suspended from the Eurovision contest, says @JosepBorrellF .

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@laurnorman

2 years

@dannyctkemp @AFP One can only hope that other Russians make it to the ICC more successfully in the coming years.

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@laurnorman

4 years

. @eucopresident says EU pressed concerns about #Xinjiang with #China leaders. On Hong Kong, he says EU pressed their "grave concerns" and urged that democratic voices in Hong Kong should be protected.

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@laurnorman

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@DmitryOpines I tell you why you can't see how the world can function like that, Dmitry. Because it can't. And it would likely lead to the very consequence that is being threatened.

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@laurnorman

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EU official confirms what we (and possibly others) reported yesterday: There could be cut-offs for Belarus banks on Swift also as part of the EU package. Also more economic sanctions coming on Belarus today.

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@laurnorman

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Just Ran: US says Russia should back down on written guarantees sanctions demand in #IranTalks or they'll seek alternative agreement with Iran, excluding Moscow. -1-

WSJ News Exclusive | U.S. Won’t Negotiate Ukraine-Related Sanctions With Russia to Save Iran...

A senior U.S. official said Moscow had a week to withdraw its demand for written guarantees exempting Russia from any Ukraine-related sanctions that would constrain Moscow’s future trade with Iran.

www.wsj.com

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@laurnorman

2 years

EU hitting Putin, Lavrov with sanctions. Leaders made strong push for it last night.

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@laurnorman

2 years

EU imports of Russian gas just 9% of total now, says @vonderleyen .

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@laurnorman

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@Khanalizadeh_IR Well, if we're going to play that game... I'm not sure how you interpreted my tweet to say -- "the volume and finesse of the work is so high, accurate and technical" when I did say clearly in my tweet that incremental progress won't cut it now.

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@laurnorman

2 years

@BarakRavid Barak. Do update me when the Chilean President summons or kicks out the Iranian charge d’affaires over this. I won’t be holding my breath.

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@laurnorman

3 years

Prepare for #IranDeal news. All sides will gather in Vienna next week for talks on restoring the nuclear deal, including the U.S. However, for now at least, there will be no direct talks between Iran and US. Plan is for experts to take talks forward in coming weeks.

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@laurnorman

1 year

We must never, ever get used to this. Russia’s leaders are bombing the capital of their country’s neighbour on the European continent. For no good reason. Barbarity.

Christopher Miller

@ChristopherJM

1 year

Middle of the night and several loud explosions in Kyiv, as the capital once again comes under Russian aerial attack. So far what I’ve heard sounds like Ukrainian air defense working.

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@laurnorman

3 years

On Monday, @JosepBorrellF will raise in current affairs the situation in #HongKong , says senior EU diplo. That will come back as an issue in Feb EU foreign affs council, another diplomat said earlier.

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@laurnorman

3 years

I understand from sources plan to get out hundreds of Afghan nationals who've worked with EU is to use Italian military planes which will fly the people to Madrid where they will be processed through immigration. Discussions with Washington on ensuring people can access planes.

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@laurnorman

3 years

In one of the @JoeBiden lighter touch moments yesterday at the EU summit, Biden declared he wanted to take @VDombrovskis back to Washington with him since Dombro was the recipient of so much praise from both sides over the Boeing-Airbus deal, I'm told.

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@laurnorman

2 years

"If this weren't tragic, one would laugh. It's pure cynicism," @EmmanuelMacron #Russia #invasion

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@laurnorman

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No, if Iran changes the rules of the game by attacking Israel directly, that is not Israel pushing the U.S. into a trap of conflict with Tehran. It is Iran making a deliberate and avoidable choice to play with regional fire. That's simple unless your aim is to distort.

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@laurnorman

5 years

In Poland, @MichelBarnier says when he met with @Nigel_Farage , he asked Farage what's your vision of the future EU-U.K. relationship? Farage told him, "after Brexit there will be no more European Union," Barnier says. "He wants to demolish us. This is his goal."

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@laurnorman

2 years

@BrunoTertrais My 5 yo who was trying to cheer me up: “At least she got to meet Paddington bear before she died, Papa.”

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@laurnorman

1 year

@Gerashchenko_en It’s an overplayed cliche but there really is nothing that separates the utterly cynical BS spouted by Nazi Germany and Putin’s Russia. The comparison is wrong in some ways. But when it comes to official lies, it’s unmissable.

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@laurnorman

2 years

There are some Iranian journalists writing honestly and angrily about the apparent death of #MahsaAmini . I won't embarrass them by naming them. But they have all my admiration and respect.

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@laurnorman

2 years

So more than 70 countries etc want to make a statement on #Iran safeguards later today, which a source says is a record. Strongly suggests this issue is very much broader than an E3/US concern.

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@laurnorman

2 years

On #Iran protests, @vonderleyen says "This is a cry for equality. It's a cry for women's rights." Says message must be "crystal clear" that we'll "hold accountable those who are responsible for the repression of women" by sanctioning them.

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@laurnorman

2 years

Guess a fair Berlin response would be but we were driving political and financial force behind recovery fund, which was peak EU solidarity. Which would have resonance. But the solidarity required wasn’t a response to policy choices (opposed by others at time) creating dependency.

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@laurnorman

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I thought the Europe angle of the Gaza conflict couldn't get more surreal but it has. I have from 3 sources that @Israel_katz showed EU foreign mins a video of an artificial island which would be disconnected from Egypt and whose perimeter would be controlled by Israel -1-

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@laurnorman

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US Hook says Iran knew what getting into when struck deal with president who had 1 1/2 yr left in office. "They knew what they were getting into...They knew that there was a great possibility that the next president cld come in & leave the deal." Note: US elections 17 months away

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@laurnorman

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Here's my understanding of the measures vs Russia central bank announced by western partners. Idea is to prevent Russia selling its euro, dollar, pound etc assets and converting the money into rubles at home to use to bail out companies, banks etc. -1-

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@laurnorman

3 years

New: The EU is sending senior official and #IranTalks coordinator @enriquemora_ to attend Raisi's inauguration this week. The move is interesting on several levels. First, the obvious context after the merchant vessel attack which is being widely blamed on #Iran .

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@laurnorman

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@BBCBreaking "An amount of displeasure." Is that perhaps the most British statement ever?

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@laurnorman

2 years

I have received definitive news that there is no definitive end to the #IranTalks and a deal is neither done nor has it collapsed. definitively.

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@laurnorman

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The board "deplores the Russian Federation’s persistent violent actions against nuclear facilities in Ukraine, including forcefully seizing of control of nuclear facilities and other violent actions in connection with a number of nuclear facilities and other" -2-

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@laurnorman

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Indeed. But the argument is mind bogglingly stupid. Ok so yield Ukraine. Then what? Yield Georgia and the Baltics because Russia still has the same energy lever? Moldova, Poland? Hey - why not let the Russians retake GDR? Costs will rise to stop Russian imperialism.

Noah Barkin

@noahbarkin

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“Wouldn’t it be smarter to yield?” - Scholz gets a taste of how many ordinary Germans view Berlin’s support for Ukraine & sanctions against Russia ⁦ @GuyChazan ⁩

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@AP Otherwise titled, russia uses long range missiles to attack the capital of its neighbor while demanding Ukraine doesn’t have the same capacity to defend itself.

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@laurnorman

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Really 1 of most absurd statements of our age. "We didn't invade Ukraine," Lavrov claimed. "We declared a special military operation because we had absolutely no other way of explaining to the West that dragging Ukraine into Nato was a criminal act." -1-

Lavrov: Russia is not squeaky clean and not ashamed

Russia's foreign minister tells the BBC that the West is pressing UN officials to amplify fake news.

www.bbc.com

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@laurnorman

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Ladies and Gentlemen: 14 months after being set up and 20 months since being floated, INSTEX has completed its first transaction. #Iran . It's exported some medical goods from Europe to Iran.

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@laurnorman

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A senior European diplomat on @JosepBorrellF comments about annihilating Russian army if Kremlin uses nuclear weapons in # Ukraine... -1-

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@laurnorman

2 years

I am not at this stage predicting a break in #IranTalks though it is quite possible. And I'm not predicting a collapse in talks, though it is possible. But if #IranTalks fail, rather than a huge bust-up in Vienna, it will likely be a "break" from which negotiators never return.

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@laurnorman

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A well placed source says reports that the US would allow #Iran to sell oil without a return to JCPOA are “utterly unfounded.” Washington will enforce sanctions “as long as there is no deal” on JCPOA.

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@laurnorman

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ie his European political community idea. But it's still a remarkable thing to say minutes after offering Ukraine candidate status. And it will do nothing to prevent Russia and its social media mob saying this is an unserious process and Ukraine will never join.

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@laurnorman

2 years

Amazing. But was this about headscarves? Or a convenient excuse to chicken out the interview with a tough reporter with Iranian protestors being killed in the streets and after his disastrous 60 minutes interview?

Christiane Amanpour

@amanpour

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Protests are sweeping Iran & women are burning their hijabs after the death last week of Mahsa Amini, following her arrest by the “morality police”. Human rights groups say at least 8 have been killed. Last night, I planned to ask President Raisi about all this and much more. 1/7

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@MacaesBruno Utter nonsense. No mention of hamas. No mention of kidnapped. No mention of the murdered step parent. The biblical phrase is not “this son of mine was murdered and is found again.”

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Important that Macron is now explicitly saying EPF funds from EU could be used for Czech ammo initiative. France has been arguing through last week that EPF should only be for EU purchases. This is now a shift.

Sylvie Kauffmann

@SylvieKauffmann

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Macron in Prague: France will contribute to the Czech initiative of acquisition of shells for 🇺🇦. Pavel : other possibilities to help 🇺🇦 must be explored, including the debate on sending military personnel

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Western diplo said if Russia guarantees demand are purely about nuke work in Iran under a restored nuclear deal, “that can be managed...But if Lavrov is using this as a play to try to carve a huge hole out of the overall Ukraine sanctions, that’s a different story.”

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The hint is clear here. And diplomats telling me there will be EU sanctions on #Iran over crackdown. “The European Union will continue to consider all the options at its disposal ahead of the next Foreign Affairs Council, to address the killing of Mahsa Amini” @JosepBorrellF -1-

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JUST RAN: Iran obtained confidential IAEA documents from intelligence officials which it circulated to top officials like Shamkhani & Fakhrizadeh to help evade Agency’s investigations into its past work, according to documents reviewed by the Journal. -1-

WSJ News Exclusive | Iran Used Secret U.N. Records to Evade Nuclear Probes

Tehran secured access to atomic agency reports almost two decades ago and circulated them among top officials, who concealed suspected past work on nuclear weapons.

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French foreign ministry reacts "with consternation" to Chinese ambo's remarks on post-Soviet states sovereignty and says it is incumbent on Beijing "to say if these remarks reflect its position, which we hope not to be the case." -1-

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JUST RAN: EU wrote into "final text" of #IranDeal revival text a P5+1 pledge to push to end IAEA safeguards probe if Iran cooperates with Agency. E3, US, EU long insisted that safeguards probe was extraneous Iran demand, separate from nuclear deal. -1-

EU Proposes Significant Concession to Iran to Revive Nuclear Deal

A key sticking point in talks to revive the 2015 deal has been a probe by the IAEA into undeclared nuclear material found in Iran in 2019.

www.wsj.com

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@Geoffreytsmith @M_Simonyan I think she’s talking about every single Russian election, no?

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"It’s a package proposal. You cannot say I agree with page 20 and disagree with page 50. You have to say yes or no," senior EU official.

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"radioactive materials and the ongoing presence of Russian forces and Rosatom personnel at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant, which continue to pose serious and direct threats to the safety and security of these facilities and their civilian personnel," -3-

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BIG DEAL: U.K., France, Germany leaders all say Iran responsible for attacks on Saudi in joint statement

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It's midnight Tehran time. No word from EU if they have received anything yet. #IranDeal

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Source says #EU was informed in advance of the U.K.-US-Aus-Canada #Hong Kong statement and taken through main messages. Was left open to them to sign on. They didn't. As @JosepBorrellF put it today "We have our own statements. We do not need to join other people’s statements."

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"thereby significantly raising the risk of a nuclear accident or incident, which endangers the population of Ukraine, neighbouring States and the international community;" -4-

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#Iran @iaeaorg "We can confirm that IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano has informed the Board of Governors that the Agency verified on 1 July that Iran’s total enriched uranium stockpile exceeded 300kg of UF6 enriched up to 3.67% U-235." IAEA spox.

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I now have several source confirming that in addition to guarantees and sanctions demands, Iran did add safeguards probe closure back into its formal concerns with the deal response it sent late last night. -1-

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