Eurasia

European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Štefan Füle and Prime Minister Vlad Filat have today signed a Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their member states and the Republic of Moldova.

Invigoration of the efforts being undertaken by international partners presently, their initiatives and statements made at the top level are indicating that there exists a possibility to approve the European Union and the United States as international mediators to the Transnistrian settlement negotiations, along with Russia, Ukraine and the OSCE …

U.S. State Secretary Hillary Clinton and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton met in Washington on Wednesday. It was announced that they discussed “ways of assisting in the dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo”. At a news conference after the meeting, which was used to discuss the Middle East peace process …

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen will visit Georgia Friday to meet with President Mikheil Saakashvili and other Georgian officials. During the visit, Rasmussen will open the NATO Liaison Office in Tbilisi, said a brief NATO statement here today. In 1994, Georgia joined the Alliance’s Partnership for Peace and recently …

The NATO Military Committee is praising the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) but notes that it is still early for local forces to take over the protection of Kosovo’s borders. Military Committee Chairman Admiral Giampaolo Di Paola said that the KSF is “doing an excellent job and we are satisfied with …

Slovakia approved on Wednesday a complete withdrawal of the country’s troops from Kosovo by the end of the year, allowing upped deployment of its forces in Afghanistan, the defence ministry said. “Slovakia will withdraw all 140 troops currently operating in Kosovo by the end of the year,” ministry spokesman Richard …

Greek FM Dimitris Droutsas told the UN General Assembly that a path for beginning of Serbia’s accession negotiations with the EU should be kept open and clear. He pointed out that acceptance of his country’s initiative to have all Balkans countries in the EU by 2014 would contribute to progress …

Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze will visit Armenia on October 3-4 to discuss bilateral relations. An agreement on the visit was reached during the meeting of the Armenian and Georgian Foreign Ministers on the sidelines of the 65th session of the UN General Assembly in New York. The last visit …

Syrian Vice President Dr. Najah al-Attar on Wednesday met Romanian Minister of Culture Kelemen Hunor, stressing the importance of beefing up the historical relations between Syria and Romania as they are the most important bridges binding the nations.

The dispute between Athens and Skopje about the use of the name Macedonia has been raised by leaders from the two countries in speeches and meetings at the United Nations General Assembly.