January, 2015

• 22 January

  Algerian FM welcomes reconciliation agreement in South Sudan

  Algeria has welcomed Thursday, through its Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Abdelaziz Benali Cherif, the signing of the reconciliation agreement between the parties to the conflict in South Sudan, and hoped that this agreement would help reach a final solution to their dispute. “We welcome the signing, on Wednesday 21 January, of …

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• 22 January

  Malian FM hopes next round of talks to be decisive

  Malian Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdoulay Diop expressed, Wednesday, the wish to see the next round of the inter-Malian negotiations enter a “decisive” phase and “not that of a debate” for the final settlement of the crisis in the country. “Today, it is no longer time for debate. Our wish …

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• 22 January

  Meeting focused on Mali peace held in Algiers

  A consultation meeting, bringing together the representatives of the mediation team, the movements of North Mali, Malian government and the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), opened Thursday in Algiers.

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• 22 January

  Pakistan, Turkey to increase parliamentary cooperation

  Speaker National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq and Speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly Cemil ?i?ek during a meeting on Thursday agreed to further enhance interaction between the parliamentarians of the two brotherly countries and to share legislation experience. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the 10th session …

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• 22 January

  Turkey aims to establish mutual understanding with Egypt

  Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has said Turkey and Egypt should come together to understand each other instead of having a battle of words. Davutoğlu underlined that Egypt is the “backbone” of stability in the region. “If Egypt is strong, stability in the region will be strong too. If Egypt …

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• 22 January

  Turkish PM says closing border with Syria is not easy to achieve

  Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has said Turkey is unable to close its 510-mile-long border with Syria, which has been crossed by thousands of foreign terrorist volunteers. “We cannot put soldiers everywhere on the border. In any case, there isn’t any state on the other side [of the frontier],” Davutoğlu said on …

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• 22 January

  US, India extend nuclear talks

  India and the U.S. extended their talks in London by a day on Thursday to iron out the kinks in the way of operationalising the landmark civil nuclear deal with officials making all efforts to stitch a “concrete” outcome during President Barack Obama’s visit, starting in three days. The talks …

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• 21 January

  Egypt to attend London summit on strategy to defeat IS

  Egypt is to attend an international summit of nations participating in the coalition against the self-proclaimed ‘Islamic State’ (ISIS), in London on Thursday. The country is to take part in talks co-chaired between British Foreign Minister Philip Hammond and his US counterpart, Secretary of State John Kerry. Ministry of Foreign …

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• 20 January

  France condemns attack on Algerian Embassy in Libya

  France condemned the attack Saturday against the Embassy of Algeria in Tripoli and expressed solidarity with Algeria in counterterrorism, spokesman of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development, Romain Nadal  stressed on Monday. “France condemns the attack against the Embassy of Algeria in Tripoli. We assure the Algerian …

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• 20 January

  At least 14 killed by fighting in Eastern Ukraine

   At least 14 people have been killed and over 100 others wounded in eastern Ukraine in the past day as hostilities between government forces and pro-independence insurgents continued, reports showed Monday. The upsurge in clashes with rebels left at least three Ukrainian soldiers dead and 66 injured, said Andriy Lysenko, …

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