Eurasia

Serbian Deputy prime minister Vucic said on Saturday that politicians in both Belgrade and Zagreb have “the obligation to make violence impossible”. “I’m convinced that our countries will never again confront each other,” Vucic said.

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister and government spokesperson Bulent Arinc has said that Syria should be punished. Bulent Arinc announced that the Syria issue would be discussed in details at today’s meeting of the Turkish government.

The Stabilisation and Association Agreement, which Serbia signed with the EU five years ago, became active on Sunday as Belgrade made another step towards membership of the European club.

On Sunday, First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić offered Tanja Miščević the post of Serbia’s lead negotiator in EU membership talks, which she accepted. Vučić conferred with Miščević in the Serbian government building, after

Pakistan’s Supreme Court Friday issued a notice to the government to comment on a petition, seeking a ban on President Asif Ali Zardari from leaving the country, court officials said. President Zardari’s tenure will complete on September 8.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said the U.S. statement on a “limited” military action against Syria will not be enough to satisfy Ankara, pleading for an intervention similar to the one in Kosovo in 1999.

Serbian Foreign Minister Ivan Mrkić called on Priština on Thursday to respect the agreements reached so far and asked the UN to stay in Kosovo and Metohija. The UN is an “honest broker and a guarantor that the other side will not undermine the

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Friday intelligence gathered by Ankara left no doubt that the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad were responsible for a poison gas attack near Damascus last week.

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says the United States is still seeking an international coalition for possible military action against the Syrian regime, despite the British Parliament’s vote against participating. Hagel outlined the U.S. position at a news conference in Manila on August 30.

Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan met with Deputy Prime Minister and Georgian Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development Giorgi Kvirikashvili, Armenia Today reported with the reference to the Armenian