Turkish President Abdullah Gul said on Friday that the country is ready to establish a joint commission with Armenia consisting of historians to investigate the events of 1915. He said that the investigation of historical events is not a matter of parliamentarians or politicians,  adding that third countries may also …

Kosovar Prime Minister Hashim Thaci has expressed hope that a deal with Serbia regarding his country’s status is within reach. Thaci made the statement on March 14 after meeting in Pristina with European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton.

Turkish and Romanian foreign ministers signed a cooperation protocol in the fields of education, culture, youth and sports in the Turkish capital, Ankara. Romanian Foreign Minister Titus Corlatean said this protocol will strengthen the relations between the two countries. “The signing of the action plan for the strategic partnership really excites …

Turkish President Abdullah Gul is currently in Sweden on a formal trip addressed Swedish Parliament where he stated that chapters need to be opened for an effective EU negotiation process. Gul said in reply to Swedish MPs: “As you said earlier, there are rooted reforms are taking place in Turkey. We always …

France and Britain plan to have a meeting as soon as possible with European Union members to convince them to lift the arms supplying embargo imposed on Syria. The two states are concerned that the two-year-old conflict is destabilizing the region and hope the threat of arming the rebels will …

The United Nations asked governments on Wednesday for support to increase the funds needed to help over one million refugees who have fled from Syria because of war. UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres warned of the “enormous threat” that the conflict represents for the entire middle-east region. “I …

A Romanian delegation will visit Baku on March 14 to discuss the possibility to develop inter-parliamentary relations between Azerbaijan and Romania. The Romanian delegation of MPs is led by chairman of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament Valeriu Zgonea and they will meet with Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev and their counterparts.

Britain and Russia tried to present a unified front over the Syrian crisis on Wednesday, but their deep differences on whether outside powers should arm the rebels were quickly laid bare. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said arming Syria’s opposition would

A joint session of the old and new cabinet will be held today in Banja Luka and a new government of the Republic of Srpska (RS) will take office. The RS Assembly elected late Tuesday the new government led by Prime Minister Željka Cvijanović.

The UN’s top humanitarian official, Valerie Amos, on Wednesday began a two-day visit to Turkey, meeting Syrian refugees at a camp in southern Anatolia. Speaking at the start of her visit to the southern province of Kilis, Amos, the undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs