January, 2009

• 29 January

  MP: Terrorists Undermining Iran-Pakistan Relations

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Criminals and gangs are undermining Tehran-Islamabad friendly relations and the Pakistani government should be aware of that,” a senior Iranian MP warned. In a meeting with Pakistani Ambassador to Tehran Mohammad B. Abbasi, chairman of the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi urged Islamabad …

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• 29 January

  Elham Calls for Practical Change in Obama’s Iran Policy

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Government Spokesman Gholam Hossein Elham said that Iran was looking for “practical change” in US foreign policy towards Tehran under the new US president. “We are awaiting for practical changes by the new US statesmen,” Elham was quoted as saying by the Iranian students news agency. Referring …

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• 29 January

  Iraq Expels MKO despite EU Move

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iraq will expel the anti-Iran terrorist group, the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) in spite of EU decision to strike the group off its blacklist, Iran’s Ambassador to Baghdad Hassan Kazemi Qomi said. Iraq believes the nature of MKO is terrorist and ordered the group to leave the country, …

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• 29 January

  Envoy Submits Ahmadinejad’s Message to Kenyan President

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s special envoy submitted his message to the Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki. At the meeting with the Kenyan president, Ahmadinejad’s aide Jalil Besharati raised the issue of Gaza and also elaborated on the Islamic Republic’s relations with African countries. Referring to the continued siege of …

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• 27 January

  Leaders’ Agreement Throws Bosnia Into Disarray

  A surprising agreement by the leaders of Bosnia’s three strongest Serb, Croat and Bosniak parties over a new territorial and constitutional setup has brought more confusion and confrontation to the country’s political landscape. A joint statement by the three leaders – Milorad Dodik from the Bosnian Serb Union of Independent …

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• 27 January

  Jeremic Invites EU Officials To Serbia

  Serbia’s foreign minister Vuk Jeremic invited European Union officials to come on a fact-finding mission and see first-hand Belgrade’s efforts on cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. Belgrade signed the key Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the EU last year, but the Netherlands is blocking its …

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• 27 January

  German ‘Abducted by CIA’ Sues Macedonia

  Khaled El Masri, a German citizen of Lebanese origin who claims he was kidnapped by the CIA during his stay in Skopje in 2003, filed a second lawsuit against Macedonia on Monday. El Masri says that Macedonian police assisted the United States’ Central Intelligence Agency in kidnapping and transferring him …

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• 27 January

  Political Row “Freezes” Albania CoE Vote

  Efforts by Tirana to dismiss an Albanian deputy in the assembly of the Council of Europe, CoE, have temporarily frozen Albania’s voting rights and created a political storm at home Albania’s parliament speaker, Jozefina Topalli, asked the CoE in a letter to replace Aleksander Biberaj, currently the deputy head of …

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• 27 January

  Bosnia Leaders Agree New Administrative Setup

  Leaders of Bosnia’s three strongest ethnic parties on Monday agreed on what appears to be a new administrative and territorial setup for the troubled Balkan country. The agreement envisages the country divided in four rather than the current two regions set up at the end of the 1992-95 war between …

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• 27 January

  Macedonia VMRO Picks President Candidate

  he VMRO DPMNE party of Macedonia Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski picked Georgi Ivanov, a political science professor at Skopje University, as its candidate in the March 22 presidential election. Ivanov, a political newcomer but a personal favorite of many senior VMRO officials, captured the overwhelming majority of delegates at the …

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