May, 2013

• 31 May

  Azerbaijani President receives former Bulgarian and Croatian presidents

  President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received former Croatian President Stepan Mesich today. The sides expressed satisfaction with the current development of friendly relations between

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• 31 May

  Moldovan parliament approves new PM

  The Moldovan parliament on Friday approved a new pro-Western government headed by veteran diplomat Iurie Leanca to end the politically volatile ex-Soviet state’s latest political crisis and set it on a course to EU membership. Fifty-seven out of 101 deputies in parliament voted to approve the appointment of Leanca as

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• 31 May

  Stefan Fule to attend Ohrid meeting

  European Commissioner for Enlargement Stefan Fule will arrive on a visit to Macedonia on Friday, May 31.

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• 31 May

  Romania backs Serbia on its EU path

  Romania fully supports Serbia in its efforts to open accession talks with the EU and normalize relations in the region, Romanian PM Victor Ponta has said. Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dačić met with Ponta on Friday.

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• 30 May

  British foreign secretary visits Belgrade

  British Foreign Secretary William Hague has arrived in Belgrade on Thursday and met with Serbian Foreign Minister Ivan Mrkić. The two officials met

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• 30 May

  UN released resolution on Syria to protect civilians

  The U.S., Turkey and Qatar pushed through a UN resolution Wednesday demanding a probe into the fighting around the Syrian town of Qusair, near Lebanon, and condemnation of foreign fighters supporting President Bashar Assad.

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• 30 May

  Syria received Russian missiles, says Bashar Assad

  Syria has received the first shipment of Russian missiles that are part of a more sophisticated air defence system, President Bashar Assad said on Thursday. Bashar Assad’s comment on the arrival of the long-range S-300 air defence missiles

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• 30 May

  Turkish FM addressed Syrian opposition coalition

  Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Wednesday addressed the Syrian opposition coalition which has been holding week-long talks in Istanbul. Turkish diplomatic sources said Davutoglu made a speech at the opposition meeting in line

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• 30 May

  Macedonia President will not attend SEECP summit

  Macedonian plans to host a summit of regional presidents end in fiasco after most of the guests pull out for a variety of reasons – forcing Macedonia’s president to call off the meeting. Gjorge Ivanov said there was no point in holding the summit, or the complementary

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• 30 May

  EURONEST meeting to be held in Armenia

  MEPs and MPs from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine hope to achieve a breakthrough in their relations at this November’s Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius, but not at the expense of democracy, rule of law and peace. At the Third Euronest Parliamentary Assembly in Brussels on 28-29 May, they …

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