December 17, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and his Russian counterpart Sergey Shoygu conducted Monday their inaugural video teleconference, during which they discussed a number of issues including missile defense, Syria, cyber
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December 17, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
The United Nations plans to precede its internationally brokered peace talks between Syria’s warring sides next month with a one-day meeting of foreign ministers in the Swiss city of Montreux.
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December 17, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Turkey
Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called the deal with the EU a “milestone” and a new era in Tureky-EU relations. “We are not coming to become a burden, but to help with it. The visa requirements should have been removed long ago. The fact that they haven’t been removed yet has only harmed …
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December 17, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News
Russia confirmed Monday that it has deployed Iskander missiles in Kaliningrad, on border with Poland.
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December 17, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia and Ukraine should make concerted efforts to boost relations. During a meeting of the inter-government commission with his Ukrainian counterpart, Viktor Yanukovich, Putin said
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December 17, 2013 Balkan News, Balkans, Croatia, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Kavkaz, Kavkaz News
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today met a Croatian delegation led by Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic.
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December 17, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Magreb, Magreb News
Visiting French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said Monday in Algiers that the friendly relations binding Algeria and France would allow for new perspectives, as the two Mediterranean
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December 17, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Kavkaz, Kavkaz News
French President Francois Hollande will visit Armenia in May 2014 at the invitation of his Armenian counterpart, Serzh Sargsyan.
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December 16, 2013 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Serbia
The governments of Serbia and the Serb entity in Bosnia, the Serb Republic (RS), will on Monday hold their fifth joint session in Banja Luka, RS.
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December 16, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Kavkaz, Kavkaz News
Georgian-Russian talks in Geneva are to be held on December 16-17. The Georgian delegation is already on road to Switzerland. It’s expected that Georgian side will discuss signing of an agreement with Russia on the non-use of force.
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