Eurasia Press & News

The French defense minister said forces have killed about 40 suspected jihadists in sweeps in northern Mali in recent weeks. Jean-Yves Le Drian says militants linked to al Qaeda’s north African wing have recently been trying to regroup. French

The Russian parliament approved a treaty to Crimea part of Russia as well as Ukraine declared the area an “occupied territory” and threatened to go nuclear.

The leaders of the European Union and Acting Prime Minister of Ukraine, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, several chapters have signed a historic agreement to strengthen political ties between the two parties.

France’s foreign minister Laurent Fabius has mentioned the possibility to veto against the sale of two Mistral warships to Russia, and also urged other countries to take similar action, even though the financial losses would be high. “If Putin continues doing what he is doing we could envisage cancelling the sales,” Fabius …

Presidents of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey will meet in Tbilisi at beginning of May. “Previously, these meetings representatives of the three countries were held at ministerial level of the economy, while

France urges de-escalation of tensions in Ukraine after tensions have intensified over the past 48 hours. France has strongly criticized Russia to approve the integration of Crimea in the Russian Federation and Paris

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has said his government supports the European Union and NATO’s policies regarding Russia’s annexation of the Crimean peninsula. “We stand together with the EU and NATO on Crimea,” Davutoglu said on March 18.

The Syrian air force bombed a northwest suburb of Damascus Wednesday, killing eight people and violated a truce that had been in place since October, activists said.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was Wednesday preparing to leave for Russia and Ukraine to promote a peaceful settlement of the crisis of conflict between threatening.

French President François Hollande will visit the South Caucasus. Azerbaijan is the first country on the list during his visit.