Yearly Archives: 2015

Obama to visit India at the end of January

 U.S. President Barack Obama will have a tight schedule during his three-day visit starting January 25. He will hold talks with top leadership in New Delhi on ways to make progress on key issues such as defence and civil nuclear agreement and attend the Republic Day celebrations as the Chief …

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Canadian FM visits Egypt to discuss regional security

Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird is in Egypt on a two day trip to meet political and religious leaders, including President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi. It is Baird’s second visit to Egypt in less than a year, according to the Canadian government’s foreign affairs website. On Wednesday, he is scheduled …

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Syrian opposition holds talks in Cairo on forming united front

A delegation of Syrian opposition groups arrived in Cairo on Tuesday, one day after the arrival of the National Coalition of Syrian Revolution. A meeting between the various Syrian opposition entities is scheduled to take place on 22 January at the foreign ministry’s Council of Foreign Relations. Foreign Ministry Spokesman …

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Officials meet in Berlin to discuss Ukraine peace

Foreign ministers from France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia were meeting on Monday in Berlin to try and resolve tensions threatening to scupper a planned summit on ending the Ukrainian conflict. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko hopes that a presidential summit of the four countries can take place on Thursday in Kazakhstan …

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India, US could to sign defence agreement during Obama visit

India and US are likely to sign their new 10-year defence framework agreement during the visit to the country of President Barack Obama later this month, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Monday. He added that the strengthening of the existing framework and enhancement of its scope was going to …

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Algeria Strongly Condemns Terrorist Attack Against Minusma in Mali's Kidal

Algeria has strongly condemned the terrorist attack against a contingent of the United Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) in Kidal, Mali, leaving many injured among the Senegalese soldiers of the mission, said Sunday the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a communiqué.

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Ukraine aims to join NATO

 The Ukrainian armed forces are receiving funds, equipment and training in preparation for eventual NATO membership, Ukraine’s ambassador to Turkey said on Monday. ” Ukraine is not ready to join NATO,” Sergei Korsunsky said. “The cost ofNATO membership is high, and a NATO member must be prepared to deploy forces on …

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Davutoglu, Merkel discuss bilateral relations

Visiting Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu met Monday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeir, discussing issues pertaining to bilateral ties and matters of mutual interest. An official statement here said that the Syrian crisis, Turkey’s EU membership bid, and efforts to counter Islamophobia were discussed …

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Pakistan, US hold strategic dialogue

The first round of discussions under Pakistan-United States Strategic Dialogue was held on Monday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the federal capital Islamabad, said Foreign Office. A press release by Pakistan Foreign Office said that Adviser to the Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz …

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Turkey rejects accusations of not doing enough against terrorism

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Monday he could not understand why his country has been accused of not doing enough to fighting terrorism. “We will not accept that we are being accused of not doing enough to fighting terrorism. These accusations are false,” Davutoglu told a joint news conference …

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