March 28, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Turkey
Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that some news stories arguing a large number of Syrians were forcefully sent back to Syria after the incidents in Akcakale Camp yesterday did not reflect the reality. Answering a question on the incident, the Spokesperson for the Turkish MFA, Levent Gumrukcu said that …
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March 28, 2013 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Turkey
The Greek Cypriot administration will have to rely on Turkey to export the natural gas it hopes to extract from eastern Mediterranean fields, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said in remarks published on Thursday. The foreign minister also reiterated that if Greek Cyprus insists on using
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March 28, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Kavkaz, Kavkaz News, Turkey
Azerbaijani, Georgian and Turkish foreign ministers signed the final protocol within the ministerial meeting held in Batumi today. The action plan of inter-ministerial cooperation for 2013-2015 has been
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March 28, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Turkey
Turkey is ready to negotiate a two-state solution to the Cyprus problem, if reunification talks between two sides fail and no agreement is reached over the establishment of a joint commission on gas resources on the island, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has said.
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March 28, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Turkey
Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmet Davutoglu will travel to Minsk on March 28 for signing of visa exemption and readmission agreements between Turkey and Belarus. Davutoglu will attend the signing ceremony in regards to visa exemption and readmission agreements between Turkey and Belarus as well as discussing bilateral relations, …
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March 28, 2013 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Serbia
Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic announced he would go on visit to Russia on April 10-11. “The Serbian government pays particular attention to the relations with Russia,” Dacic
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March 28, 2013 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Serbia
Lithuanian FM Linas Linkevicius said that his country would not block Serbia’s EU accession despite “not the best of relations”. If it gets a date for the start of the EU accession
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March 28, 2013 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News
The European Commission announced on March 27 that it has finalised a series of measures for the promotion of regional cooperation in the Western Balkan region, totaling €272.75 million for 2012-2013. EC Commissioner for Enlargement Stefan Fule sadi that, “these funds
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March 27, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Kavkaz, Kavkaz News, Turkey
The Georgian and Turkish foreign ministers have discussed intensifying the relations between the two countries at a meeting in Tbilisi on Wednesday. Turkish foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu’s visit to Georgia is the first after the power was
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March 27, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News
An African force currently in Mali should be converted into a UN peacekeeping operation and a separate combat force should be created to confront Islamist threats, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon recommended to the Security Council on Tuesday, March 26.
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