Main News of May 28

A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

* The European Union’s decision to end the embargo on arms supplies to the Syrian opposition is illegitimate and at odds with the norms of international law, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said

* The leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) have agreed to reinforce the organization’s military capability and step up control at the Tajikistan-Afghanistan border ahead of the withdrawal of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) from Afghanistan next year, CSTO General Secretary Nikolai Bordyuzha said

* Iran has opened two lines of credit totaling $4 billion to help Syria counter the economic impact of a civil war and international sanctions, Syria's government daily Tishreen reported, citing the country’s Central Bank

RUSSIA

* Russia and NATO will conduct a joint naval exercise in the Black Sea this coming fall, Russia’s envoy to NATO said

* The Russian Defense Ministry is to purchase a range of new vehicles, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced during a visit to a military test center

* Nobel Prize Laureate Andre Geim has come to Moscow to throw his support behind Russia’s Education and Science Minister Dmitry Livanov in his struggle to reform Russian science