Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov will pay a formal visit to Turkey on January 29 and 30. Borisov will arrive in Turkey upon an invitation by his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said Turkish

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has called on his Turkish counterpart to revive efforts to improve ties between the two long-standing rival countries. Papandreou wrote to Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan saying he was “encouraged by the willingness” of the two sides to improve bilateral relations in recent years.

A spokesperson of the ruling Democratic Party, DS, in Serbia said that texts of resolutions, one condemning the 1995 Srebrenica massacre and the other condemning war crimes committed against Serbs, will be completed in February. Jelena Trivan said that political consultations on the texts of these declarations are ongoing.