AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoHockey and Sanctions: Canada says Russian and Belarusian athletes will be barred from representing their countries at the World Junior Hockey Championship in Alberta. The decision follows a Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling ordering Russia’s return to international competition and growing European opposition. Security Ties: Putin signed a decree streamlining military-technical cooperation and arms supplies with Belarus. In Minsk, Belarusian Foreign Minister Maxim Ryzhenkov met Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov during a regional security conference, where the two backed a Eurasian security framework. OSCE and Prisoners: OSCE Secretary-General Feridun Sinirlioğlu visited Belarus for the conference; opposition figure Pavel Latushka urged him to press for the release of political prisoners. UN Initiative: The UN General Assembly’s First Committee adopted a Belarus-led resolution opposing the development of new weapons of mass destruction, with 177 countries voting in favour. Border Alert: Lithuania turned back a Belarusian truck carrying more than seven tonnes of chanterelles after radiation checks detected caesium-137.
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