German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle on Wednesday called on all parties in Ukraine to stop any form of violence in the country’s ongoing mass protests.

on Following the meeting of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Council, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu met with his Armenian counterpart Edward Nalbandian. Yerevan is hosting the meeting of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Council today.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrived in India Thursday for a four-day visit, with Washington hoping New Delhi can persuade him to sign a deal allowing US troops to stay on post-2014. Karzai is scheduled to meet Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.