Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has praised the signing of a peace agreement between the Government of Mali, the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad and the High Council for the Unity of Azawad early on Tuesday in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, his press office said in a statement.

Turkish Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Feridun Sinirlioğlu is meeting with his Hungarian counterpart, Zsolt Nemeth, on Wednesday in Ankara, within the scope of political consultations between the two countries at the foreign

EU High Representative Catherine Ashton Wednesday welcomed the signing in the Burkina Faso capital Ouagadougou of a peace deal between the Malian authorities and the main rebel group, National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA).