Turkish President, Abdullah Gul, and First Lady, Hayrunnisa Gul, have arrived in Sofia for their official two-day visit. The visit of the Turkish Head of State is on the invitation of his Bulgarian counterpart Georgi Parvanov and is his first one the since he stepped in office in 2007.

The 20th Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly was held from 6 to 10 July 2011 in Belgrade, Serbia, under the general theme of “Strengthening the OSCE’s Effectiveness and Efficiency — A new start

Ukraine shall continue its support of the Republic of Moldova’s territorial integrity in the Transnistrian conflict settlement question, says the joint statement signed in Crimea (Ukraine) following the meeting, which Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovitch had with his Moldovan colleague this past weekend.