Visiting Moldova’s Prime Minister Vladimir Filat recently had a meeting with Speaker of Azerbaijan’s Milli Majlis Ogtay Asadov in Baku. During the talks, Asadov praised relations between Azerbaijani and Moldova, highlighting the role of the presidents of both countries in development of bilateral ties.
Read More »Georgian FM will meet UN secretary general on February 3 to discuss cooperation
Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze will meet with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon in New York on Feb. 3. Urgent issues for Georgia will be discussed at the meeting, Georgian Deputy
Read More »Greece rejects German bailout plan
Greece’s finance minister rejected a German plan for the euro zone to impose a budget overseer on to Athens in return for a new €130-billion bailout, saying it would improperly force his country to choose between “financial assistance” and “national dignity”.
Read More »EP President backs Serbia EU candidacy
Serbia deserves to obtain the status of EU member state candidate and it should make more efforts to convince the EU countries of that, said European Parliament (EP) President Martin Schulz said. “I am convinced that most
Read More »War crimes trial against Hrastov restarts
The long-running trial against Mihajlo Hrastov, former Croatian special forces policemen, restarted today at Croatia’s supreme court, more than 20 years after he was first charged with war crimes. Hrastov was released from prison last year when the constitutional court dismissed his sentence of seven years imprisonment because it had …
Read More »Montenegro supports Serbia’s FM run for presidency of UN General Assembly
The Montenegrin Foreign Ministry announced on Monday it would back Serbia’s Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić in his run for president of the UN General Assembly. Ministry’s director of multilateral and regional cooperation Zoran Janković said Podgorica
Read More »EU Special Representative Philippe Lefort visits Armenia
The EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and for the Crisis in Georgia, Ambassador Philippe Lefort will arrive in Yerevan today. He will meet President Serzh Sargsyan, National Assembly Speaker Samvel Nikoyan, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan and Secretary of the National Security Council Arthur Baghdasaryan.
Read More »Hillary Clinton will visit Bulgaria on February 5
United States secretary of state Hillary Clinton is to visit Sofia on February 5 2012 at the invitation of Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolai Mladenov, the Foreign Ministry said. During her visit, Clinton will meet President Rossen
Read More »UNSC to debate Kosovo on February 8
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s regular quarterly report on Kosovo will be presented at UN Security Council meeting on February 8. The last UNSC session on Kosovo, held late in November, was marked by a heated discussion between the U.S., Great Britain, France and Germany on one side, who called …
Read More »Georgia, Turkey to cooperate on restoring churches and mosques
The Georgian side agreed to allot the site for the construction of a new mosque, Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism Ertugrul Gunay said at a meeting with Georgian Minister of Culture Nika Rurua in Ankara. “We want to intensify the cooperation in the sphere of tourism
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