Eurasia

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen will visit Georgia Friday to meet with President Mikheil Saakashvili and other Georgian officials. During the visit, Rasmussen will open the NATO Liaison Office in Tbilisi, said a brief NATO statement here today. In 1994, Georgia joined the Alliance’s Partnership for Peace and recently …

The NATO Military Committee is praising the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) but notes that it is still early for local forces to take over the protection of Kosovo’s borders. Military Committee Chairman Admiral Giampaolo Di Paola said that the KSF is “doing an excellent job and we are satisfied with …

Slovakia approved on Wednesday a complete withdrawal of the country’s troops from Kosovo by the end of the year, allowing upped deployment of its forces in Afghanistan, the defence ministry said. “Slovakia will withdraw all 140 troops currently operating in Kosovo by the end of the year,” ministry spokesman Richard …

Greek FM Dimitris Droutsas told the UN General Assembly that a path for beginning of Serbia’s accession negotiations with the EU should be kept open and clear. He pointed out that acceptance of his country’s initiative to have all Balkans countries in the EU by 2014 would contribute to progress …

Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze will visit Armenia on October 3-4 to discuss bilateral relations. An agreement on the visit was reached during the meeting of the Armenian and Georgian Foreign Ministers on the sidelines of the 65th session of the UN General Assembly in New York. The last visit …

Syrian Vice President Dr. Najah al-Attar on Wednesday met Romanian Minister of Culture Kelemen Hunor, stressing the importance of beefing up the historical relations between Syria and Romania as they are the most important bridges binding the nations.

The dispute between Athens and Skopje about the use of the name Macedonia has been raised by leaders from the two countries in speeches and meetings at the United Nations General Assembly.

Bulgaria wants at least one new non-permanent UN Security Council seat for Eastern Europe, Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov told the UN General Assembly. Mladenov spoke Tuesday during the General Debate of

Croatian politician and former high ranking army officer Branimir Glavaš was arrested in Bosnia-Herzegovina on Tuesday. Glavaš holds both Croatian and Bosnian citizenships, and was found guilty and sentenced to eight years in prison in Zagreb for 1991 war crimes committed against Croatia’s ethnic Serb civilians.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Catherine Ashton will meet in Washington today. According to reports, they Balkans will be on the agenda of the meeting, among other issues.