December 17, 2008 Iran News
TEHRAN (FNA)- Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Monday that Iran-Oman ties can serve as a model for regional countries. In a meeting with Omani King Sultan Qaboos’ envoy, Abdelaziz Al-Rawwas, he added that the two countries’ relations have always been cordial and extensive. Stating that there is no change …
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December 17, 2008 Iran News
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Minister of Commerce Massoud Mir-Kazemi on Monday expressed hope that Iran would expand its presence in the Balkan region so that it could reach the European markets. He made the remark while talking to the Islamic republic news agency after a ceremony during which Iran and Bosnia …
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December 17, 2008 Iran News
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said he did not attend the two-day conference on Afghanistan in Paris due to the undiplomatic remarks made by French President Nicolas Sarkozy about Iran. Paris did not show the courtesy of a host, Mottaki stated during a joint press conference with Armenian …
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December 17, 2008 Iran News
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran slammed the recent comments made by the US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, saying they are in line with Washington’s spiteful policies. Rice, at a meeting in New York on Tuesday, said, “All there expressed their concern about Iran’s nuclear policies and its regional ambitions.” She added …
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December 17, 2008 Iran News
TEHRAN (FNA)- Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi prepares to visit Tehran to conduct business negotiations with senior Iranian officials. The prime minister is visiting Iran to discuss cooperation on possible economic ventures between the two countries, Malaysian media outlets quoted Malaysian Foreign Minister Rais Yatim as saying on Wednesday.
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December 17, 2008 Iran News
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Deputy Commerce Minister Mehdi Ghazanfari and Ecuadorian Vice Minister of Foreign Trade and Integration Miguel Eduardo Egas Pena called for the expansion of economic ties in a meeting here on Monday. Expressing satisfaction over Iran-Ecuador political relations, Ghazanfari said, “The ways to develop current economic relations should …
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December 17, 2008 Iran News
TEHRAN (FNA)- Speaker of Bahraini parliament Khalifa Bin Ahmad al-Dhahrani said Monday that Manama wants Iran-UAE dialogue to promote mutual ties. Al-Dhahrani told Iran’s Ambassador to Bahrain Hossein Amir Abdollahian, “Dialogue is a good principle in nature; we should respect good relations between Muslim and neighboring states, that have age-old …
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December 15, 2008 Balkan News, Eurasia News
osovo’s Interior Minister Zenun Pajaziti says Serb officers will return to Kosovo’s Police force now that the European Union law-and-order mission, EULEX, has deployed. Ethnic Serb police officers left their posts in protest against Kosovo’s declaration of independence in February of this year. However, Pajaziti believes that they will all …
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December 15, 2008 Balkan News, Eurasia News
“The European Union is not neutral on Kosovo as 22 member states have made clear their position on Kosovo,” argues Soren Jessen Petersen, the former chief of UN Mission in Kosovo. “It is clear that Kosovo is independent and this fact cannot be changed. Kosovo is in the phase of …
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December 15, 2008 Balkan News, Eurasia News
Enis Imamovic, the spokesman for the Bosniak Ticket for European Sandzak, says party leader and minister without portfolio, Sulejman Ugljanin is a man of his word and will provide pledged aid to his home town. He told a press conference that Ugljanin would focus all his assistance on improving the …
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