Eurasia

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu urged the international community, first and foremost the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), to move into action for Syria.

Turkish President Abdullah Gul will travel to Baku August 15 to attend the summit of Turkic-language states. Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will be accompanying the Turkish leader on his visit, with a number of official meetings on the President’s agenda.

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan received today the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia Philippe Lefort.

Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili met with Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius. The meeting was held in the palace of the government in Vilnius.

Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov appointed Turkmen Ambassador to Romania Shohrat Jumayev extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador of Turkmenistan to the Republic of Croatia, the Turkmen government said today.

Protesters formed a human chain on Thursday around the Bulgarian parliament in capital Sofia on the 35th day of demonstrations against Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski’s government.

The Greek police have banned public protests in Athens on Thursday during a visit by German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble.

The Georgian and Indian Foreign Ministries held the fourth round of bilateral political consultations in Tbilisi. The Georgian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that a delegation

The High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Angela Kane and the Head of the UN Mission to investigate the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria Ake Sellstrom will travel to Damascus next week at the invitation of the Syrian Government, UN Spokesman Martin Nesirky said. 

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. Ahmet Davutoglu conveyed greetings and congratulations of Turkish President