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US Ambassador, Sullivan Leaves Moscow As Mission Ends

September 4, 2022 7:06 pm

At the end of his mission, the United States ambassador in Moscow, John Sullivan has finally departed Russia on Sunday after he had declared that he has completed his diplomatic term there, the embassy had revealed in a recently released statement.

The 62-year-old Sullivan had been appointed ambassador to Moscow in December 2019.

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“Following his departure, he will retire from a career in public service that has spanned four decades and five US presidents,” the embassy said in a press release.

“Elizabeth Rood will assume duties as Charge d’Affaires …

Rwanda’s Kagame Visits Troops In Mozambique, Confirms Mission

September 27, 2021 1:00 am

Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Sunday visited the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado to reiterate the importance of collaboration between the two countries.

Kagame met with President Nyusi and restated that the conflict in northeastern Mozambique against armed jihadist groups, marked by some successes of joint Mozambican and Rwandan forces, is in a ‘consolidation phase’

‘I don’t see any insurmountable problem here; Whether it is fighting with insurgents, dealing with terrorists, and at the same time dealing with development matters that have been talked about. I don’t see any insurmountable problem,’ Kagame said.

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NZ Military Set For Risky Mission To Retrieve Bodies

December 12, 2019 2:42 pm

New Zealand’s military will embark on a risky dawn mission to retrieve eight bodies from the still-active White Island volcano, officials said Thursday, as pressure from distraught victims’ families mounted.

Teams will move in “shortly after first light” on Friday, deputy police commissioner Mike Clement said, despite volcanologists warning that the chances of another significant eruption in the next 24 hours had risen to 50-60 percent.

“They will go on to the island and they will make every effort to recover all of the bodies” and transport them to military frigate HMNZS Wellington anchored off the coast, he said.

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