August, 2013

• 16 August

  Turkey to make efforts for solving Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

  Turkey will make every effort to resolve the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Turkish President Abdullah Gul said on Friday, speaking at the third Summit of the Cooperation Council of Turkic-Speaking States in Gabala (Azerbaijan).

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• 16 August

  UN sends relief aid to Syria

  The office of the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has dispatched 33 trucks loaded with core relief items to the Syrians displaced by conflict and trapped in their own territory.

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• 16 August

  UN chemical weapons experts to fly to Syria soon

  A United Nations team is poised to fly to Syria to investigate allegations that chemical weapons have been used during the bloody civil war, the secretary-general’s office said Wednesday.

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• 16 August

  Bulgarian President calls for stability amid fresh anti-govt protests

  Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has called upon all parties in Parliament to ensure stability and prevent their political confrontation from spreading into society.

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• 16 August

  France reiterates support for Mali’s democracy

  French President Francois Hollande on Thursday welcomed the landslide victory of Ibrahim Boubarca Keita in Mali’s presidential election. In a statement, Hollande praised the large turnout that was “an evidence of the commitment of the Malian voters to restore democracy.”

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• 16 August

  Mali confirms Ibrahim Keita as new President

  Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has won Mali’s presidential runoff election with 78 per cent of the vote, the government announced yesterday. The result gives the former prime minister a strong mandate to seek peace with northern separatists and to push for sweeping reforms of the army after a military coup. Sunday’s …

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• 16 August

  German FM says Egyptian scenario cannot take place in Tunisia

  Germany’s Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said in Tunis on Thursday that “the Egyptian scenario cannot take place in Tunisia,” citing major

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• 16 August

  Tunisia calls on Egyptian security forces to stop using violence

  A Tunisian government’s spokesman condemned on Thursday the Egyptian army’s “disproportionate use of force” against protesters.

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• 16 August

  Turkey recalls its Ambassador to Egypt

  Turkey’s ambassador in Egypt has been recalled to Ankara for consultations following the bloody crackdown in the country on supporters of the toppled President Mohamed Morsi.

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• 16 August

  UNSC holds closed-door consultations on Egypt crisis

  The UN Security Council on Thursday launched closed-door consultations on the crisis in Egypt, one day after a deadly crackdown by security forces. The meeting at the request of France, Britain and Australia comes a day after nearly 600 people were killed when

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