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by Alex Osei-Boateng


ACCRA， March 28 (Xinhua) -- Vice President of Ghana Mahamudu Bawumia on Tuesday urged African countries to seek new solutions to maintain maritime security.


Bawumia said Ghana had remained an island of peace in the turbulent Gulf of Guinea， where piracy incidents are reputed to be the highest in the world.


He said his country was committed to helping its neighbors also achieve stability as whatever happened in the region had a ripple effect on all neighboring countries.


The vice president was speaking at the third Coastal and Maritime Surveillance Africa Conference and Defense Exhibition in Accra.


The event brought together some of the world's best experts and professionals in maritime security and surveillance to discuss solutions to maritime threats and vulnerabilities.


Ghana's maritime domain has changed significantly in the last few years. Today， the maritime environment has become the cash cow of the country with the discovery of large deposits of hydrocarbons in the offshore areas.


Ghana's Chief of Naval Staff， Rear Admiral Peter Kofi Faidoo， said the navy saw the development on the Gulf of Guinea as an opportunity.


"However， we have to remain dynamic and adapt to the changing strategic environment otherwise we risk suffering a strategic drift and becoming largely irrelevant in the scheme of things，" he said.


by Xinhua Writer Peng Tianxiao


MOSCOW Nike Vapor Street Flyknit Blanche Grise Pas Cher , Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin's recent remarks at an annual press conference showed that his country will stick to a tough stance in protecting its national interests, in defiance of mounting external political pressure and Western sanctions.


During his 10th year-end press conference, Putin reiterated Russia's hardline foreign policy and the urgent need to restructure the Russian economy.


It is also for sure that Russia will continue steadily intensifying its military strength and national defense to safeguard the country out of the current predicament.


"BESIEGED BEAR"


Russia was besieged by a "smokeless war" with the West because of the country's alleged role in escalation of the Ukraine crisis, which resulted in rounds of sanctions on Moscow slapped by Washington and its European allies.


Under the shock chilling of relations with Western countries, Russia turns to the East Femme Nike Air Zoom Pegasus 35 Elemental Rose Pas Cher , especially the Asia-Pacific region.


While reiterating that curtailing cooperation with Europe and the United States would never be an option, Russia has cemented its ties this year with such countries as China, India, Turkey, Iran Homme Nike Shox Bleu Blanche Pas Cher , Vietnam, South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), with a range of major agreements being signed.


Putin also stressed that Moscow will restore and broaden traditional ties "with the south of the American continent and will continue cooperation with Africa and Middle Eastern countries."


Meanwhile, Russia showed its hardline stance by dropping the South Stream gas pipeline project with Europe and implementing anti-sanction measures, such as import ban on agricultural and food products from related countries.


Russian experts believe that further sanctions are likely to be imposed by the West against Russia Homme Nike Hyperadapt 1.0 Tinker Bleu Noir Pas Cher , while indirect military confrontations are also possible, especially on Ukrainian territories between Russian and NATO troops.


"Russia is absolutely not interested in any kind of confrontation," said Sergei Markov, director of Institute for Political Research.


However, he noted Homme Nike Hyperadapt 1.0 Argent METALLIC Noir Pas Cher , the country has to defend itself against the West's undisguised attempts to overthrow its current regime through the geopolitical crisis in Ukraine.


Timofei Bordachev, director of Center for European Studies at High School of Economics, a Russian influential think-tank, said that although Putin repeatedly highlighted the desire to improve relations with the West, the president knows clearly that compromise should not be made at the cost of Russia's national interests.


BEEFING UP "TEETH AND CLAWS"


Comparing Russia to a bear Homme Nike Hyperadapt 1.0 JP Noir Blanche Pas Cher , Putin said the country should not lower its guard, or it will lose its teeth and claws and become a hunter's trophy.


Stressing Russia's military doctrine would remain absolutely defensive, Putin claimed that Russia is not attacking the West politically, but protecting its own national interests at an increasingly robust pace.


"This is about the protection of our independence, our sovereignty and our right to exist Homme Nike Hyperadapt 1.0 JP Casual Noir Rouge Pas Cher ," he said.


In the current all-around face-off with the West, in particular under threats of NATO's increased military presence in Eastern Europe, Russia has been adjusting defense deployment and speeding up its military rearmament.