After months of denial, Nigeria has officially announced the withdrawal of much of her 1200-strong contingent from peacekeeping operations in Mali, and Sudan to help a severely-depleted force back home confront the deadly insurgent group, Boko Haram.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu held a meeting with the Egyptian Ambassador Abdurrahman Salahaddin in Ankara July 19 over the tensions between both countries that peaked after Turkey adopted a critical

Greek Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos, who was in Ankara for a one-day official visit on Friday, said that Greek and Turkish Cypriots are responsible for finding a resolution to the Cyprus issue.

Turkish President Abdullah Gul will travel to Baku August 15 to attend the summit of Turkic-language states. Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will be accompanying the Turkish leader on his visit, with a number of official meetings on the President’s agenda.

Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili met with Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius. The meeting was held in the palace of the government in Vilnius.

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. Ahmet Davutoglu conveyed greetings and congratulations of Turkish President

France on Wednesday encouraged the new Egyptian government to work quickly to meet the expectations of the Egyptian people and transfer power as rapidly as possible to democratically elected forces, inclusive of all political affiliations.

European Union (EU) Ambassador to Albania Ettore Sekui said, “General elections on June 23, was a step further towards Albania’s being part of EU family.” Sekui held separate meetings with outgoing premier Sali Berisa and winner

Turkmen-Moldovan political consultations were held in Chisinau as part of preparations for Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov’s official visit to Moldova, scheduled for the second half of July 2013, the

The European Commission is to present its latest report on Macedonia on October 16.