Eurasia

President of the Greek Parliament Vangelis Meimarakis is coming to Armenia today for a working visit of two days at the invitation of the President of the National Assembly of Armenia, Hovik Abrahamyan.

New Ukrainian authorities want to deposed President Victor Yanukovich to be tried by the International Criminal Court. Ukraine’s parliament overwhelmingly voted Tuesday to ask the court in The Hague to try Mr. Yanukovich and “mass murder” of civilians during violent anti-government protests that killed more than 80 people.

Montenegro supports Bulgaria for NATO membership, President of Bulgaria, Rosen Plevneliev said during his two-day visit to Podgorica.

The Bulgarian government is not satisfied with Ukraine’s decision to cancel the recognition of the Bulgarian language as regional language. Earlier this week the Supreme Rada of Ukraine canceled the Language Policy Act state that the status of “regional language” the

Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf was on Monday directed by a Pakistani anti-terrorism court to appear personally on March 7 in connection with a case over the detention of judges in 2007. The court exempted Gen (retd) Musharraf from Monday’s hearing following a request from his lawyer Ilyas Siddiqui.

The United Nations Security Council has voted unanimously to pass a resolution requiring full access of humanitarian aid into war torn Syria. The resolution demands that the Syrian government and opposition groups provide immediate access to allow aid to be delivered to millions of people in desperate need.

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton will visit Ukraine on Monday for talks with key players after the weekend’s dramatic events.

Ukraine issued an arrest warrant Feb. 24 for ousted president Viktor Yanukovych over the “mass murder” of protesters after a week of bloodshed in the capital Kiev that claimed nearly 100 lives. The interim rulers also appealed for $35 billion in Western aid to pull the ex-Soviet country back from the …

Russia has recalled its ambassador to Ukraine, as it fails to recognize the parliament’s decision to remove President Viktor Yanukovych. Ambassador Mikhail Zurabov will travel back to Moscow for “consultations”.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday expressed “strong” U.S. support for actions taken by the Ukrainian parliament, hailing them the most “promising” path forward to restore peace in the country.