November, 2013

• 8 November

  India holds strategic defense dialogue with Vietnam

  The eighth round of Vietnam-India strategic national defense dialogue was convened in Vietnam’s southern Ho Chi Minh City on Friday, which was co-chaired by Vietnamese deputy defense minister Nguyen Chi Vinh and Indian

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• 7 November

  Russia, United States agree Syrian opposition is not ready yet for peace conference

  Russian and U.S. senior diplomats agreed at their meeting in Geneva the Syrian opposition was not ready for a peace conference in Geneva, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. “Taking into account the non-readiness of a number of Syrian government opponents to participate in the intra-Syrian talks without preconditions, it …

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• 7 November

  Putin to visit Armenia on December 1

  Russian President Vladimir Putin will pay a working visit to Armenia on December 1st or 2nd. Economic, political and strategic issues will be on the presidential meeting agenda, among other areas to be discussed. Yerevan will host an Armenian-Russian business forum on December 1 through 4, with Russian delegation to include 500 …

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• 7 November

  Morocco recalls ambassador to Algeria

  Morocco on Wednesday recalled its ambassador to Algeria for consultation on relations between the two countries, the Moroccan Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

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• 7 November

  Dacic calls on Serbs to vote in Kosovo elections

  Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic called on Serbs on Thursday to vote in the repeated local elections in Kosovo at three polling stations in Kosovska Mitrovica.

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• 7 November

  Serbia appoints new ambassador to Bosnia

  Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić has appointed Stanimir Vukičević as the new ambassador in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Zorica Tomić was dismissed from the

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• 7 November

  French President to visit Turkey on Jan. 27

  French President François Hollande’s long-awaited visit to Turkey will take place on Jan. 27-28. Hollande, whose election in 2012 was welcomed by Ankara due to his softer tone on the Turkish bid to join the European Union, has long been expected to visit Turkey. The decision

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• 7 November

  Musharraf released from house-arrest

  A Pakistan court Wednesday ordered the release of ex-president Pervez Musharraf from house arrest, two days after he was granted bail in connection with the attack on Islamabad’s Red Mosque. The former military ruler has already got bail in two other cases — the 2007 assassination of former prime minister …

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• 7 November

  Turkish PM hopes for faster EU integration

  Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared that his country is awaiting a faster EU accession process. Erdogan’s comment came after Turkey began on Tuesday its 22nd round of EU accession negotiations called Chapter

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• 7 November

  P5+1 Group, Iran hold new talks on nuclear issue

  Delegates of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and Germany started another round of nuclear talks with Iran on Thursday. The P5+1 group (Security Council members Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States plus Germany) was represented by EU High Representative for

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