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Zhao Lijian
China’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson
“It is hoped that the U.S. could honor its vaccine aid promise at an early date, instead of offering a Barmecide feast to developing countries.”
Read more...Despite snags, the United States remains far and away the global leader in COVID-19 vaccine donations. -
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Vladimir Putin
Russian President
“Russia has always been a reliable gas supplier to consumers around the world, in Europe and in Asia, and always has fully met all its obligations.“
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![Hossein Amir-Abdollahian]()
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian
Iranian Foreign Minister
“The Islamic Republic of Iran is deeply concerned by Israel’s presence in the Caucasus… (Iran) will not accept a map change in the region.”
Read more...Only Iran’s ally Russia seems to be changing the map of the Caucasus region. -
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Bassam Sabbagh
U.N. Permanent Representative of Syria
"Syria is cooperating with OPCW and is keen to close the file as soon as possible."
Read more...The Assad government has repeatedly refused to provide access or hand over information to the United Nation-backed chemical weapons mission. "Syria is cooperating with OPCW and is keen to close the file as soon as possible." -
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Ma Hui
Chinese Ambassador to Cuba
“Almost all mainstream media treat Taiwan as a separate entity from China even if the UN passed a resolution, even if their respective national government acknowledge one China policy/principle.”
Read more...Countries with diplomatic ties to China have varied stances on China’s claim to Taiwan, each subscribing to their unique version of One China policy. -
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Eric Spracklen
Chief of Staff, Project Veritas
“BREAKING: @Pfizer Scientists: ‘Your [COVID] Antibodies are Probably Better than the [Pfizer] Vaccination’ … #ExposePfizer”
Read more...A “gotcha” video spreads a grand conspiracy in the debate about vaccine vs. natural immunity. It’s disinformation. -
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Libyan Interior Ministry
“Deputy Prime Minister Ramadan Abu Jinnah ... visited Gargaresh area to follow up the security campaign in the area launched at dawn today to arrest criminals and alcohol, drug dealers.”
Read more...Libya is under pressure to stop migrant flows to Europe. Most of those arrested were migrants and asylum seekers registered with the United Nations. -
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Robert Menendez
Chairman, U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee
“Incursions on Taiwan airspace are only the latest example of China's increasingly aggressive behavior.”
Read more...Chinese military flights toward Taiwan may be provocative, but warplanes never actually entered the island’s territorial airspace, as is often stated. -
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Maria Zakharova
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson
"Today, according to The Guardian, the [Pandora Papers] investigation named the US as the largest tax haven."
Read more...In fact, the U.S. isn’t called the biggest offshore tax and secrecy haven. But an outsized number of Russians, including 46 oligarchs, were exposed. -
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Hua Chunying
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson
“The so-called ‘fraud’ charges against Ms. Meng Wanzhou are purely fabricated.”
Read more...Evidence supports the claim that Meng Wanzhou misled HSBC on the true relationship between Huawei and a shell company that did business with Iran, contravening U.S. sanctions. -
![Recep Tayyip Erdogan]()
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
President of Turkey
“We don't have any problems of that nature in terms of freedoms, Turkey is incomparably free.”
Read more...Multiple watchdog groups say Turkey has seen a steady decline in freedom and human rights since Erdogan survived a coup attempt in 2016. -
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Russian Foreign Ministry
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
“Since September 20 Pristina's police, with the international missions [sic] connivance, have been creating hindrances to traffic across the administrative borer [sic] with the central part of Serbia on far-fetched pretexts and using force against civilians.”
Read more...The aggressive escalation came from the Serbian side, which brought heavy military equipment to the border.
