Georgian-Ukrainian relations were discussed during a meeting between Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili and Ukrainian Foreign Minister and OSCE chairman Leonid Kozhara in Tbilisi.

Slovenia is in favor of giving Serbia an EU talks start date as soon as possible, Serbian and Slovenian FMs Ivan Mrkić and Karl Erjavec have said. Slovenia is convinced Serbia deserves to get a date

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Tuesday welcomed the signature of an election and peace-talks accord between the government of Mali and certain rebel groups in the north of the country, notably Tuareg tribes.