Turkey’s government apologised on Tuesday to protesters hurt in clashes with police during days of demonstrations and called for an immediate end to the protests. Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc moved to calm
Read More »Turkish PM says Geneva meeting will not have expected results if Syrian opposition is excluded
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said that the US-Russia led Syria peace conference in Geneva, which is planned for June but likely to be pushed back to July, is bound to fail if the Syrian opposition is excluded from the talks.
Read More »Georgian PM meets NATO special representative
Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili received NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia James Appathurai on Monday. The meeting was held at the Prime Minister’s residence.
Read More »Armenia and Croatia to increase bilateral cooperation
Newly-appointed Croatian ambassador to Armenia Ivan Starčevic (residence in Athens) presented his credentials to President Serzh Sargsyan.
Read More »Greek FM says Skopje should leave Balkan past behind and look for its future
Macedonia should finally decide to leave behind the Balkan past and instead work constructively for its future. This is what Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs Dimitris Avramopoulos has said.
Read More »Slovakia back Serbia on EU integration
Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajčak stated in Belgrade on Tuesday that Slovakia supports the start of pre-accession talks between Serbia and the EU. Lajčak informed his Serbian counterpart
Read More »Turkish president says protesters messages have been received
Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul urged calm on Monday after days of violent clashes between police and anti-government protesters and promised them their message had been “received”.
Read More »Montenegro looks to expand cooperation with Azerbaijan
Montenegro is ready to expand cooperation with Azerbaijan in all fields and in particular culture and education, Minister of Culture of Montenegro Branislav Micunovic said at a session of the Second World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue which took place on Thursday in Baku.
Read More »Turkey backs Skopje on name issue with Greece
Greece blocks Macedonia’s NATO membership over the name issue but we will be always next to it and will not allow change of the name. This is what Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said.
Read More »EP delegation visits Georgia
An extraordinary delegation of the European Parliament is arriving in Tbilisi on June 3 with a two-day visit. The delegation includes MPs Libor Rouček, (Progressive Alliance of Social Democrats), Krzysztof Lisek
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