During their meeting in Washington U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and his Georgian counterpart Irakliy Alasaniya came to an agreement about expanding of cooperation in the military sphere.

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Kristian Vigenin and his Romanian counterpart Titus Corlatean exchanged views on regional issues and outlined possible areas of co-operation in a meeting Thursday in Romania’s capital Bucharest.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has spoken for the first time with Mali’s new President, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, offering the Organization’s continued support to the political process in the country.