Monday, January 31, 2022

I congratulate the Irish fishermen in their diplomacy. Absolutely magnificent.

It is wonderful to see these types of concessions by a major power that quite literally terrified the people of Ireland. There is a new trust for these people. At least for now.

January 30, 2022
By Claire Parker

Irish fishermen have seen more success. (click here)

Russia said it would relocate naval exercises scheduled to take place off Ireland’s southern coast beginning Feb. 3 following an outcry from local fishermen, who had pledged to protest the exercises and launched a diplomatic campaign to convince Russia to change course.

Yuri Filatov, the Russian ambassador to Ireland, said in a news release Saturday that Russia’s defense minister had decided, “as a gesture of goodwill,” to move the military exercises outside of Ireland’s exclusive economic zone “with the aim not to hinder fishing activities by the Irish vessels in the traditional fishing areas.”...