Representatives from European Union countries failed to reach an agreement on Thursday that would clear the way for the opening of talks on one of the 35 negotiating chapters for Turkey’s eventual accession into the EU.

Turkey and Mali signed two agreements while Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu met with his Malian counterpart Tieman Hubert Coulibaly in the capital city of Ankara on Wednesday.

Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Kosovo Jakup Krasnigi hailed on Thursday the initiative of the State of Kuwait to appoint an ambassador to Kosovo.