Russian military police in Syria's safe zones to be equipped with small arms

The Russian military police, which will be deployed to Syria’s safe zones, will be equipped with small arms only, head of the Russian delegation at the Astana talks on Syria and Russian Presidential Envoy for the Syrian Settlement, Alexander Lavrentiev, said on Wednesday.

Russia makes every effort to hold "5+2" meeting on Transdniestria in 2016

Russia makes every effort to hold another meeting on Transdniestrian settlement in the "5+2" format until the end of 2016, Russian Foreign Ministry’s Ambassador-at-Large and Russia’s envoy to negotiations on Transdniestrian settlement Sergey Gubarev said on Friday.

Ukraine repeats request to UN to send peacekeepers to Ukraine — (defense ministry)

Ukraine asks the United Nations to send its peacekeepers to Donbas, Leonid Golopatyuk, the head of the main department of military cooperation and peacekeeping operations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces General Staff, during his working visit to the United Nations headquarters in New York, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry press service said on Tuesday.

Ukraine government seeks EU help as shelling blazes in restive east

Ukraine pressed European leaders Monday to send peacekeepers to stabilize the nation's war-torn east, as monitors reported a surge in shelling near a strategic government-held city.

Petro Poroshenko allows deployment of peacekeepers in E Ukraine

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday approved a decision of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) to call for international peacekeepers to monitor ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, the presidential press service said.

Egypt could send peacekeepers to a future Palestinian state (Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi)

If Palestine were to be recognized as a state, Egypt could send peacekeepers to ensure that attacks launched from there against Israel stop, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi said in an interview published Sunday.

Transdniestria insists on bilateral talks with Moldova

The foreign minister of the unrecognized Republic of Transdniestria, Nina Shtanski, said on Thursday that Transdniestria should continue bilateral talks with Moldova despite a pause in consultations held in an expanded format.
“We are committed to dialogue no matter how complicated it can be. On the contrary, we keep asking our Moldovan colleagues to continue meeting at a bilateral level. We will continue inviting participants in the “5+2” negotiations (Moldova and Transdniestria as the sides in conflict; the OSCE as an intermediary; Russia and Ukraine as guarantor countries and brokers as well as observers from the European Union and the United States) to our meetings,” Shtanski told journalists.

Transdniestria leader finds calls to withdraw Russian peacekeepers dangerous

Leader of the unrecognised Transdniestrian Moldovan Republic Yevgeny Shevchuk finds any appeals and talks on possible withdrawal of Russian peacekeepers from the republic dangerous.
“Such appeals may destabilise regional situation,” he told a news conference on Thursday.
Appeals to pull back Russian peacekeepers “cannot be left unattended,” he said. The Transdniestrian leader noted that the peacekeeping mission might be transformed in the self-proclaimed republic, only when a political solution to the crisis is found. “Then this will be possible to say about this, but now this only destabilises the situation,” he added.