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DAVOS, Switzerland – Pakistan will release details of an investigation into the Mumbai attacks “very soon,” Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Wednesday. “We are investigating … anything substantive we will share with the world,” he told Reuters in an interview in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, where …
Read More »Pakistan says has no deal with U.S. on drone strikes
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan said Wednesday it wanted closer cooperation with the United States in the fight against al Qaeda and the Taliban but had no understanding with Washington that allowed missile strikes on its territory. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday that Washington would continue with strikes by unmanned …
Read More »MP Stresses Trial of War Criminals
TEHRAN (FNA)- Chairman of the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi here Wednesday underlined the necessity for the trial of war criminals. “Trial of the war criminals plays a significant role in preventing crimes against humanity,” Boroujerdi said during a meeting with Georgian Ambassador to Tehran …
Read More »Iranians Condemn Delisting of MKO by EU
TEHRAN (FNA)- The European Union’s decision to take the anti-Iran terrorist group, the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) off its blacklist has caused angry reactions in the Iranian society. Iran’s Attorney General Ghorbanali Dorri Najaf Abadi condemned the EU action and called it an unjustifiable measure. Najaf Abadi said the action …
Read More »US Seeks Dialogue With Iran over Afghanistan
TEHRAN (FNA)- Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen said on Tuesday that US can hold dialogue with Iran over Afghanistan. Mullen underlined that the US can hold dialogue with Iran and find some mutual interests in Afghanistan and such talks “could be useful”. “With respect …
Read More »MP: Terrorists Undermining Iran-Pakistan Relations
TEHRAN (FNA)- Criminals and gangs are undermining Tehran-Islamabad friendly relations and the Pakistani government should be aware of that,” a senior Iranian MP warned. In a meeting with Pakistani Ambassador to Tehran Mohammad B. Abbasi, chairman of the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi urged Islamabad …
Read More »Iraq Expels MKO despite EU Move
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iraq will expel the anti-Iran terrorist group, the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) in spite of EU decision to strike the group off its blacklist, Iran’s Ambassador to Baghdad Hassan Kazemi Qomi said. Iraq believes the nature of MKO is terrorist and ordered the group to leave the country, …
Read More »Envoy Submits Ahmadinejad’s Message to Kenyan President
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s special envoy submitted his message to the Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki. At the meeting with the Kenyan president, Ahmadinejad’s aide Jalil Besharati raised the issue of Gaza and also elaborated on the Islamic Republic’s relations with African countries. Referring to the continued siege of …
Read More »Leaders’ Agreement Throws Bosnia Into Disarray
A surprising agreement by the leaders of Bosnia’s three strongest Serb, Croat and Bosniak parties over a new territorial and constitutional setup has brought more confusion and confrontation to the country’s political landscape. A joint statement by the three leaders – Milorad Dodik from the Bosnian Serb Union of Independent …
Read More »Jeremic Invites EU Officials To Serbia
Serbia’s foreign minister Vuk Jeremic invited European Union officials to come on a fact-finding mission and see first-hand Belgrade’s efforts on cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. Belgrade signed the key Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the EU last year, but the Netherlands is blocking its …
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