Tunisia is negotiating to borrow up to 500 million euros from the European Union and the United States has also expressed willingness to guarantee loans in 2014, the finance minister said. Tunisia’s budget deficit should narrow to 6.5 per cent next year from 7.4 per cent of GDP expected in …
Read More »Egyptian army takes control Delga town, held for 31 days by Morsi loyalists
Troops on Monday stormed a central Egyptian town held for over a month by hardline supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi who had launched a campaign against Christian residents, officials said. Soldiers and police entered the town of Delga in the central Minya province just after dawn searching homes and …
Read More »UN Secretary General to present chemical report on Syria
UN chief Ban Ki-moon will on Monday present a report on Syria’s chemical weapons, increasing pressure on the Assad regime, as support grows for a US-Russian initiative to avert war. Ban will unveil the findings of a UN investigation team to the UN Security Council in New York at 11:15am …
Read More »Russian and Georgian officials to discuss easing of bilateral relations
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin and the special representative of the Georgian Prime Minister for Relations with Russia Zurab Abashidze will discuss ways of healing Russian-Georgian relations at the next meeting in Prague on September 19.
Read More »OSCE PA President to pay 3-day visit to Georgia
The President of the Parliamentary Assembly of OSCE and concurrent President of the Parliament of Montenegro Ranko Krivokapic will arrive to Georgia for a three-day visit. President of the OSCE PA will hold high-level meetings with the representatives of the legislative and the executive power of Georgia.
Read More »Armenian FM meets with Moldovan counterpart
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian received Moldova’s Deputy Prime Minister Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs and European Integration Natalia German.
Read More »Serbian FM is certain his country will be the next to join EU
Serbian Foreign Minister Ivan Mrkić has said he is “certain” that Serbia will be “the next state to join the European Union.” Mrkić’s confidence is based on the belief that this is also a wish of those states which are already part of the European family of peoples, but admits …
Read More »Pakistani PM starts 3-day visit to Turkey
The Prime Minister of Pakistan Muhammad Nawaz Sharif was Monday heading for Turkey on a three-day official visit, an official press release said. The release said the prime minister is scheduled to meet Turkish President Abdullah Gul and co-chair
Read More »Turkish FM will visit Paris to discuss Syrian situation
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu will visit Paris on Sept. 16 for a meeting on Syria upon an invitation by his U.S. counterpart, John Kerry. Speaking on the phone for the second time in less than 24 hours, Davutoğlu and Kerry discussed steps towards setting out a framework for the dismantling of Syria’s chemical …
Read More »Turkey says Geneva deal is not the end of Syrian crisis
Turkey has responded cautiously to Saturday’s US-Russian deal to avoid a US military operation if Syria allows its chemical weapons stockpile to be destroyed, saying that it does not eliminate the need for action to stop the regime killing with conventional weapons, and also calls for well-defined consequences if President …
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