February, 2014

• 10 February

  India, China discuss border cooperation

  India and China on Monday held border talks in New Delhi during which both sides reviewed recent developments in the Indo-China border areas especially in the Western Sector, Indian foreign ministry stated. The ministry said the talks of Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-China Border Affairs was held …

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• 10 February

  Turkey condemns attack on UN aid trucks

  Turkey has strongly condemned an attack by alleged Syrian government forces against a U.N. aid convoy in Homs on Feb. 8. “It has not been surprising that the regime has intensified its attacks targeting Homs by disregarding the cease-fire that is necessary for delivering humanitarian assistance

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• 10 February

  Protesters set fire to govt buildings in Bosnia

  Protesters in Sarajevo have started throwing stones, garbage bins and road signs at police officers. An emergency situation has been declared around the building of the Sarajevo Canton government

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• 10 February

  Inzko warns Bosnian tension could escalate

  An eventual escalation of tension in Bosnia might result in intervention of EU forces, a high official warned Sunday. Valentin Inzko, High Representative of the international community in Bosnia and Herzegovina, told Austrian media that the situation in the country will be analyzed next Tuesday. “Austria will increase its troops there, but if it comes to escalation we would …

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• 10 February

  Turkish FM held phone dialogue with Greek, Bosnian counterparts

  Turkey’s Foreign Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu held phone talks on Saturday with his Greek counterpart, Evangelos Venizelos and Bosnia and Herzegovina’s three-membered presidency council’s Bosniak member, Bakir Izetbegovic. Venizelos and Davutoglu discussed the recent developments on the Cyprus dispute.

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• 10 February

  UN hopes for Cyprus peace talks next week

  The U.N. hopes to relaunch talks next week on ending the four-decade division of Cyprus after the island’s Greek and Turkish communities agreed on a roadmap, a spokesman said Feb. 8. “We are hoping to hold a meeting at the beginning of next week… we are hoping for a meeting as soon …

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• 10 February

  Azerbaijani FM visits Iraq

  The Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Arrived in Baghdad on Monday. A statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs cited “Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hoshyar Zebari, received at Baghdad International Airport

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• 10 February

  Syrians peace negotiations continue

  Syrian government and opposition delegates are starting a fresh round of U.N.-brokered peace talks. The first face-to-face meetings mediated by U.N.-Arab League envoy Lakhdar

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• 7 February

  Serbian Defense Minister, NATO General discuss regional issues

  Serbian Defense Minister Nebojsa Rodić conferred in Belgrade with NATO Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Richard Shirreff. According to a statement from the Serbian MoD, they spoke about “regional cooperation and Serbia’s role in the creation of a secure environment in the Balkans.”

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• 7 February

  Bulgaria aims to enter Schengen by end of 2014

  Bulgarian Foreign Minister Kristian Vigenin has expressed hopes that the issue of Bulgaria’s accession to Schengen will be resolved by end-2014. Vigenin, as cited by the BGNES news agency, told journalists Friday that no decision on Bulgaria’s Schengen

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