Analyst for Energy &Middle East, book author, teacher, former Austrian foreign minister. Energy is the name of the game. Dogs&horses&four-legged comrades.
@Iranobserver01
No UN coordinator no special envoy could achieve this over the years. Very interesting.
For the sake of the people of Yemen good news, may the oldest Arab civilization with the most elegant accent reemerge, and may no child suffer from hunger!
كل التوفيق للشعب اليمني!
In March 1999, NATO started to bomb Serbia. In June, thanks to int. mediation Serb forces moved out of Kosovo. It was a mix of lies&dumping arms.
I followed the war closely&was disgusted by the twisting of facts. btw Milosevic only left in Nov. 2000.
Now old scars open up again
@GeromanAT
I left Austria in September 2020 because of constant attacks. In June 2021 I was elected Director of the Board of Rosneft. I am living outside of Austria due to death threats and the prohibition to work. The Washington Post turns that into breaking news, but 2 years too late..
"From taking control of Russian assets to pressuring other nations to cut their Russian ties Europe believed it alone could derail the Russian economy and set a tone that would be followed. However, the opposite occurred"
Excellent analysis
via
@scmpnews
After 12 years of proxy wars
Syria is back in the Arab League.
Diplomacy can transform politics
That’s what is happening in this part of the world
While the west engages in war and those asking for talks not tanks are called traitors - by the media
St.Petersburg in June at 11 pm a white night concert with Valery Gergiev and marvelous musicians, performing Russian, Italian and French music
There is no culture canceling in this part of Europe 👌💐
Back to Moscow for 48 hrs for a conference.
The hotel full with delegates from Middle East, Persian Gulf
Or let’s call it Westasia as UN does
Negotiations diplomacy perspectives
My room equipped with prayer carpet, nice gesture.😉
I come from Lebanon 🇱🇧but different religion🌹
Back to Europe! Busy week ahead in St. Petersburg in between teaching at the fabulous St Petersburg State University and the SPIEF, the Economic Forum.
Warm regards from Russia 💐
A question that is never asked when notorious experts on Russia appear in the media: when where you last time in Russia?
For many last time was in the 1990s😉 particularly true for the German speaking TV world.
In 2003, I attended lots of Iraq debates: none knew the country
We had intense discussions on the crisis in
#Venezuela
at the last
#Gymnich
meeting. We acknowledge
@jguaido
as President ad interim of Venezuela - to bring the country to free, fair and democratic presidential elections, in accordance with its constitution.
An Bord des abgestürzten Flugzeugs der Ethiopian Airlines befanden sich auch drei junge Ärzte aus Österreich, die auf dem Weg nach Sansibar waren, um dort zu helfen. Mein zutiefst empfundenes Mitgefühl gilt in diesen Stunden den Angehörigen und Freunden der Verunglückten.
Here is my speech to the General Assembly of the
@UN
for you to read, watch or listen to. Delivered the speech at the beginning in Arabic, then in French & Spanish and concluded in English. Moved by the appreciation of my colleagues.
#UNGA
@Glenn_Diesen
It is frightening how all pluralism and serious debate have disappeared in many western societies.
Many don’t get it when I state: there is more freedom in the east
At the universities in Istanbul, Moscow and Beirut, New Delhi etc there is more freedom of mind and more substance
@Poulin2012
Une conférence de presse bien vive. Sur le continent africain on rencontre des hommes politiques qui vont au delà de la communication - une étincelle d’espoir face à un occident paralysé par ces directives à suivre 🌍😉
Danke für Hinweis, diese Morddrohungen kommen seit Jahren regelmäßig und diese zitierten sind nicht die Schlimmsten. Aus Österreich kam Heftigeres, incl diverser Red.foren.
An orderly
#Brexit
is essential. But whatever the outcome may be, British citizens in Austria can rest assured that they will still be welcome and their rights will be protected. You are a valuable addition to our country and we want you to stay!
Es gab einst noch Regeln im zwischenmenschlichen Umgang- lange vor der sogenannten Regelbasierten Ordnung…
Musste an einen Bundespräsidenten zu Besuch bei der Queen denken
@buitengebieden_
Boxer couple Winston Churchill and Jackie Onassis, both adopted one after the other. Inseparable. Having overcome together illness and numerous nasty situations. The more such moments are precious 🐾🐾🐕💪
"...in defending the sovereignty of a non-Nato member, namely Ukraine, Europeans have lost the sovereign power to decide whether to end the war..."
As I always say: to meet adults, I have to travel East via
@scmpnews
@vanessahlarson
@Istanbultelaviv
Indeed, dogs and cats are very well treated in particular in Istanbul. All the street dogs and cats receive medicine, food and water. Rarely seen a nicer coexistence 🐾🐾🌹👍
Much to learn- for others wherever
Congratulations to Greece and North Macedonia for resolving their long-running name dispute – a success of dialogue and diplomacy. This is an important day for the whole region.
@LeContempIateur
Merci pour cette belle sagesse
Chanceuse de partager la vie avec poules, chats, chevaux et chiens et je fais pareil
Salutations d’un petit village au Liban 🇱🇧
Good morning,
A week ago I started my telegram channel. It is in its early stages, will be in German, English with links to posts in Russian&French&certainly in Arabic as well👌🇱🇧
The translation button facilitates reading.
Not that active on this media
The Venezuelan crisis dominated EU foreign policy agenda in 2018.
Then: Sanctions, sanctions and courting Mr. Guaido as a sort of "parallel president".
Four years later: it is all about oil; the intimate "tu" instead of "usted"
Mitterrand&Chirac would have been more sophisticated
"President, I will call you" - Macron addresses Venezuelan President Maduro at COP27!
Not so long ago, Maduro was an evil dictator, but today there are many barrels of oil! Times are changing!
As expected,
#EU
faces an
#electricity
crisis before the
#gas
crisis really begins.
This is due to liberalisation of the electricity market for 20 years:
#unbundling
#GreenDeal
Plus, recruitment via party politics, see
#WienEnergie
, leads to disaster
Truly, a homemade crisis
Evening walk with the dogs&ponies
The church next to the mosque in the hills of northern Lebanon
While Europe loses its senses, not for the first time in the recent history of the last 2000 years, there is an air of eternity in the East. Daily struggle is tough but life prevails
@FWarweg
@BBCWorld
@stephensackur
Danke sehr für Ihre klare Zusammenfassung 👌
Weder Logik noch Fakten spielen eine Rolle, es geht nur mehr um Streuen von Anschuldigungen und Stimmungsmache - ob gg einzelne Menschen oder ganze Völker.
Ob BBC, ORF, ARD etc sie alle spielen mit u erfassen nicht den eigenen Nonsens
On Wednesday in Moscow at the Metropol hotel I stumbled into Suzanne Massie who served as advisor on Russia to Ronald Reagan during his 2nd term. Reagan profoundly changed his views.
Her slogan was trust&verify.
The most amazing US American lady I met in years. So much to tell🇷🇺
#ShaparakShajarizadeh
wegen Abnehmens des Kopftuchs zu 20 Jahren Haft zu verurteilen, ist eine eklatante Menschenrechtsverletzung. Es ist inakzeptabel, Frauen vorzuschreiben, wie sie sich zu kleiden haben. Das entscheiden wir für uns selbst.
Today in
#Batroun
with guests from France in the
#Diaspora
village. Renovation brought back life&beauty to this abandoned quarter.
Here next to the Lebanese Russian House. Private initiative makes things happen
Those taped phone calls btw EU commission president Von der Leyen & ex PM Petkov of Bulgaria illustrate how conditions for eurozone etc can be twisted,
It has little to do with transparency & rule of law, principles on which the EU was built.
via
@LePoint
@ulfposh
Aus der Ferne erkannt man bekanntlich den Berg besser. Dieser erscheint als TV-Misthaufen made in Germany.
Es war ein ruhiger Jahreswechsel im Libanon, ohne Raketen. Wir hatten sogar Strom!Die Menschen haben wie alle in der Region von Krieg, Krach und Explosionen zu viel erlebt
Heute ist Internationaler Tag gegen weibliche Genitalverstümmelung
#FGM
. Diese archaische Form der Gewalt geschieht im Verborgenen. Es braucht einen eigenen Tatbestand im Strafrecht. In der Entwicklungs- und Integrationspolitik setzen wir uns besonders gegen
#FGM
ein.
#EndFGM
@GeromanAT
A convincing explanation! So all books and courses on asymmetric warfare and cyberwar can be shelved?
And war causes pain, it is never surgical as some in the West claim in all the Middle East wars. Ask Iraqis, Syrians, Lebanese, Palestinians, Afghans etc
„The report also said that, for decades, the CIA had overthrown or tried to overthrow more than 50 legitimate foreign governments – (…) – causing turmoil in the affected countries.“
Long before the era of cyberattacks the CIA overthrew Mossadegh gvt Iran
Das Einreiseverbot für ORF-Korrespondent Christian Wehrschütz in die Ukraine ist ein in Europa inakzeptabler Akt der Zensur. Wir verurteilen dieses mit europäischen Grundwerten völlig unvereinbare Vorgehen und fordern die sofortige Aufhebung des Verbots.
The West had no strategy on Syria, but only one mantra: Assad must go.
12y of proxy war, for which Syrians paid heavy price, so did Syria's neighbors
Now upon Russian initiative:Türkiye & UAE rehabilitate Bashar al-Assad. Foreign Ministers to convene soon.
Afternoon in the home office with black tea from Russia, nana/peppermint from the garden in Lebanon and lokum from Türkiye - under the careful surveillance of Arsène the cat.
The good moments 🐾🐾🇱🇧🇷🇺💐
Wish you one
This statement is a clear summary of what current
#journalism
is about,
namely spreading rumors but not reporting facts.
The Saudi oil minister is right, giving interviews is often a waste of time.
@GeromanAT
Exactly. In 18th cent no other monarchy was ruled by so many Empresses as was the case with Russia
One remark on testosterone since I wrote a book on that:
It is not about aggressiveness but all about status and leadership
@StephenKing
has to catch up both in history & biology
US Sanctions Hungary
Acc to Rumsfeld in 2003: Hungary was then part of a good new Europe, while France and Germany opposed the Iraq war, and were the old Europe…
Now new fractures within NATO
🙏👌
Ey is possible
Austrians wish to take away my citizenship since I teach at StPetersburg university
Not a single lawyer reminds them Austria made 1000s of citizen stateless in 1930s
Therefore, int conventions prohibit such action
Not even terrorists face such ugly debates
Dear all,
Given twitter limits, the dysfunctional help desk- tried to pay subscription- I will refrain a bit from this otherwise excellent forum
Very enriching meetings I had, we will stay in touch. Please see my website Maybe I do a telegram channel
Warm regards from Lebanon 🇱🇧
@MrJonasDanner
Im August 2021 schrieb ich Boris Johnson. Wir hatten zuvor zu anderen Themen korrespondiert
Nie eine Antwort zu
#JulianAssange
erhalten.
Wie Nils Melzer seit Jahren hinweist: es ist Folter u Europa schweigt
Julian ist einer unter mehreren politischen Häftlingen.
The 23rd StPetersburg Economic Forum ended with our panel on cultural diplomacy.
In 2021 German was spoken all over,
in 2023 I hear Arabic in the corridors.
I am fine with both
Russia is heading east south east. Business is confident
How to take the society along?
@chigrl
Nihilism reloaded
First mobility
Then agriculture
dogs&cats considered as climate killers by media for last years
Not having children good for the climate😖
In human history sects embracing the apocalypse have been recurrent 😱
Recipe against disaster: live life😘
But the pressure on ICC by US was strong, see denial of visa for ICC officials in the past. Or the non extradition treaties for US citizens with new NATO states in 1999.
Material by Julian Assange was never used to prosecute those involved in war crimes in Iraq
Today at the Znajne Congress in Moscow. Clever questions by young people
Gave my speech in French on the perception of Russia
Intense debates. Amazing interaction
Wenn man Instagram inspiziert, dann bemerkt man, dass ich Österreich bereits im Herbst 2020 in Richtung französische Provinz verließ
Ad österr Politik: stehe nur Justiz u Parlament zur Verfügung
Ansonsten bleibt😉 zu sagen: quod erat demonstrandum
@JamesMelville
Tom Cruise is to the point, while the interviewer is totally unprepared. The journalist has an opinion but no facts. And the abuse of psychopharmacology regarding children is a fact.
Today at the summer palace of Catherine II in Pushkin
totally destroyed by the German army, see photos of officers posing
Then came the
#hungerblockade
that killled apx a mio
Even German historians don’t get what German tanks shooting ag Russians means
Logic should tell them
Excellent analysis of the Washington consensus and Trump indictment.
In February 2016 Trump criticized the US wars in the Middle East, the lies about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq
That lead to his downfall
Biden uses law enforcement to get rid of a rival. First time in US
Warne seit Beginn der Migrationskrise im Herbst 2015 vor diesem völlig anderen Zugang zu Werten, auch bedingt durch ein vollkommen anderes Frauenbild und eine andere Sozialisierung. Dass wir „damit leben müssen“, wenn unsere Werte nicht anerkannt werden lehne ich entschieden ab.
@Amena__Bakr
Let me recall this old saying of the 1970s:
Better keep your oil under the surface than lose it to inflation.
In 2023: than lose it to stagflation
This Volga 21 belongs to old Armenian friends - but I am the oldest one, also three years older than the Oldtimer.😎🇦🇲😇🇷🇺
And all of us are still moving and working. Old mechanics- they are reliable 🚗💪
@NinaByzantina
And that nice dog was a gift by PM Abe to President Putin for the Russian aid provided after a natural disaster if I am not mistaken. A symbol of friendship that moves on with four paws
Josep Borrell called the temperature in apartments above +17° a crime against European values!
"We are faced with a choice between freedom and comfort. We have talked a lot about being willing to die for the ideals of democracy, it's time to prove it."
Nice coincidence, tonight Vladimir Fedossejew conducted a concert& I enjoyed it
Soon 91 years old, he survived as a child the hunger blockade by the German army in his native Leningrad.
He worked with Austrian orchestras, but is now canceled for playing music in Russia. Crazy 🙈
The utterly unacceptable remarks of Pres.
#MahmoudAbbas
regarding the victims of
#Shoa
are an inexcusable insult to the memory of the millions murdered by the
#Nazis
& an outrageous distortion of truth. We must not blame the victims of
#Antisemitism
& exonerate the perpetrators.
Good morning,
Having taught int law, the ICC was always on my agenda.
Unfortunately, an important concept, personal responsibility, was politically twisted
It was called an African tribunal due to selective indictment.
Prosecutor Bensouda did a lot to rehabilitate the court
Statement by Prosecutor
#KarimAAKhanKC
on the issuance of arrest warrants against President Vladimir Putin and Ms Maria Lvova-Belova
Read more ⤵️
#Ukraine
The indifference of western media&gvt is telling
Germany is busy with an allegedly "thwarted coup"
The UK only talks about Meghan&Harry
France discusses "strategic intimacy" with the US
EU is told by Ukraine to boycott Tchaikovsky
FYI: The World changed today a bit.
Tonight with Valery A. Gergiev
in St Petersburg.
A marvelous evening of a very special June 12,
#RussiaDay
🇷🇺💐
The omnipresence of music and arts, the white nights and so much spirit- simply divine moments - and a precious contrast to my life in the village 🇱🇧
@NikGerassimow
Vielen Dank! Sehr aufschlussreich wie immer. Die atomare Gefahr bei dem US Bomber Anflug auf St Petersburg war mir bislang nicht bekannt. Die USA sind eindeutig Kriegspartei
Since this post is full of misinformation let me clarify
In a panel on loss of trust I quoted Tolstoi on betrayal of Russia by Austria in Napoleonic wars
below examples of lies
Ignorance or purpose?
I was appointed as independent expert minister, never with a party
Video👌
1968 verließ mein Vater die AUA, denn wenn der Kapitän von der SPÖ war, musste der Co Pilot von der ÖVP sein. Er wurde Pilot in Jordanien, dort musste man nur ein guter Pilot sein. 1998 verließ ich das Außenamt, war ein Botschafter von der ÖVP musste die Nr2 SPÖ sein.
explains how NordStream was sabotaged in
coordinated act by US&NATO partners.
My first take:
Violation of UN Charter art 2 para 4
Like in case of US vs. Nicaragua the ICJ has a compulsory jurisdiction
Will consortium&Germany act?
Dear
@Stella_Assange
My sincere respect for this amazing letter your husband wrote from his cell in HM prison.
It reminds me of Thomas Morus, though very different lives.
May Julian Assange preserve his wisdom like a Mandela did and yes indeed may King Charles III visit him.
@Glenn_Diesen
actually returning to genuine diplomacy: non-interference in domestic affairs. Alas, the US from its very beginning in 1776 went for "transformative diplomacy".
But an excellent move by the Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijartó
The semantic origin of the name Lebanon means white. And given the snow covered mountains I see from my window on March 31st this is beautifully evident
Good night 🇱🇧🌍
Good morning world!
Any TV station or newspaper west of Suez interested in reporting?
Solid diplomacy will hopefully continue in spite of those nearly daily military attacks.
Damascus is not any city.
Discretion & confidentiality are crucial for a genuine diplomatic conversation.
But how to build trust if nearly everyone enjoys leaking confidential conversations to the press
Macron does it, Trudeau does it... but others are not amused, and for good reasons.
Today, Austria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the third time after 1998 and 2006.
I am looking forward to carrying out this responsibility and to working with my colleagues for the benefit of European interests
#eu2018at
Today at the Saint Petersburg Economic Forum
Prof Nikoay Kropachev, Rector of SP State University, presented with our team the G.O.R.K.I, Geopolitical Observatory for Russia’s Key Issues.
Energy/West Asia will be in focus.
Looking forward to our seminars in October
#21
: Neutralitätsbruch (Gast: Gerald Markel) unser Podcast mit
@MarkelGerald
u
@WitzlebenFlavio
Es geht ua um die sehr ö Debatte, lanciert von Diplomaten, mir die Staatsbürgerschaft zu entziehen, da ich an der Uni St Petersburg arbeite
#20
: Russisches Davos
Servus aus St Petersburg!
Mit
@WitzlebenFlavio
sprach ich über das St Petersburger Wirtschaftsforum, an dem ich teilnehmen durfte.
Viel Zuversicht und perfekte Organisation. Die Welt dreht auf Ost-Süd-Ost
Schönen Sonntag 🌹
@Spriter99880
In my book Die Zersplitterte Welt ( Vienna 2013) i refer to the breakdown of Yugoslavia as a prelude that was not well understood by many
@RnaudBertrand
Truly not a good idea to travel in tandem, France&EU.
For VDL
déjà-vu of ignorance of basic protocol
Recalling childhood memories of her father’s visit to China might not suffice
For Macron:
His monologues reflected ignorance of how guests should act
Berlusconi was a Renaissance man.
And he was avant-garde for a new sort of politician. But by comparison with the PR products of today from London to Paris, the Italian original was much more charming. R.I.P
@M_T_Franz
Es ist zwar knallhart, täglicher Kampf, Wasser und Stromversorgung, Dauerstreik etc aber trotz aller Probleme bin ich fast erleichtert, im Libanon zu sein. Alles viel normaler, freier und auch sicherer.
Verrückt!
Europa wird wieder zum Kontinent der Emigration, war es fast immer
@Trollstoy88
Special respects to Elvira Nabiullina, head of the Russian Central Bank. Professional, calm and like many Russians these days with nerves of steel. Her unorthodox methods proved right.
On the move, for the third time within this year. Luckily found a house to rent for the coming years in Northern Lebanon for the animals and myself. Longing for a fridge. Yalla🇱🇧💪🐾🐾 bye Mount Lebanon where we found our first place to rest after landing
„If contrary to Blinken’s denial, the US provided guidance for the missile attack, then Washington must be well aware that this brings NATO forces to brink of direct involvement in the Ukraine war and the Biden administration must be prepared to run that risk.“
A clear diagnosis