Milovan Drecun said on Tuesday that Belgrade “could be forced to reconsider” its call to the Kosovo Serbs to vote in the upcoming elections in the province. This is because “Priština is refusing to accept voter applications submitted by over 30,000 internally displaced persons,” the chairman
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Turkish president warns of emergence of radical Islamists in Syria
Turkish President Abdullah Gul on Tuesday warned of an emergence of radical Islamists in Syria in the neighbor’s long-running armed conflict. “Civil war is the most merciless of wars. As these conflicts drag out, radicalism and extremism take root to establish their own infrastructure and threaten not only the
Read More »Ban discusses Syria with El-Arabi
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon met here late Monday with Nabil El-Arabi, Secretary General of the Arab League, discussing with him issues pertaining to the Syrian crisis. Ban briefed his counterpart on recent developments at the United Nations relating to Syria and expressed strong hopes that the successful
Read More »Georgian PM calls on EU to increase support for Georgia
Russian-Georgian relations were discussed by the Prime Minister of Georgia Bidzina Ivanishvili, at a meeting with members of EU Council’s Political and Security Committee.
Read More »Turkish Parliament to discuss new Syria motion
A new bill to replace a parliamentary motion passed last year authorizing cross-border military operations in Syria will be on Parliament’s agenda on Oct. 3, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç has said.
Read More »Turkish PM announces reforms to strengthen democracy
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan unveiled a long-anticipated reform package on Monday to facilitate a settlement process aiming to end a three- decade Kurdish insurgency. Under the framework of political party amendments, parties will be able to make their election campaigns in languages other than Turkish, Erdogan said, a …
Read More »Turkish President welcomes Obama-Rouhani phone call
Turkish President Abdullah Gül has hailed the historic phone conversation between U.S. President Barack Obama and Iran’s newly-elected leader, Hassan Rouhani, on Sept. 27 – the highest-level contact between the two countries since 1979. “I am pleased to learn the phone call between President Obama and President Rohani,” Gül said, …
Read More »Turkish PM discusses Syria and Egypt with Qatari emir
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was scheduled to have a tête-à-tête meeting with new Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on Friday in İstanbul to discuss the latest developments in the region, particularly
Read More »Turkey hails UN resolution on Syria
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has welcomed a draft resolution of the U.N. Security Council to eliminate Syria’s chemical weapons. The resolution itself is important, Davutoğlu said Sept. 27, since the Security Council has considered the Syrian crisis as
Read More »Turkish FM says the Syrian regime causes spread of radicalism in the country
The cause of the spread of radicalism, intolerance and interfaith clashes in Syria is President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutogu said. “The main reason for the spread of radicalism in Syria is President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, as the spread of such ideas is in the interests of …
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