The Culture Minister of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan Sultan Rayev laid emphasis on extending cultural ties with Iran during a meeting with the director of the National Library and Archives of Iran (NLAI) Ali-Akbar Asha’ri on February 26.

Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad’s historic trip to Iraq will be a landmark in the two countries’ relations, Iraqi ambassador to Tehran Mohammad Majid Al-Shaikh said here on Tuesday.

PRISTINA – Kosovo told Serbia on Tuesday it would not yield one inch of its territory, and a violent protest by ethnic Serbs in Bosnia against Kosovo’s secession highlighted continued volatility in the Balkan region.