September, 2013

• 16 September

  Russian and Georgian officials to discuss easing of bilateral relations

  Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin and the special representative of the Georgian Prime Minister for Relations with Russia Zurab Abashidze will discuss ways of healing Russian-Georgian relations at the next meeting in Prague on September 19.

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• 16 September

  OSCE PA President to pay 3-day visit to Georgia

  The President of the Parliamentary Assembly of OSCE and concurrent President of the Parliament of Montenegro Ranko Krivokapic will arrive to Georgia for a three-day visit. President of the OSCE PA will hold high-level meetings with the representatives of the legislative and the executive power of Georgia.

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• 16 September

  Armenian FM meets with Moldovan counterpart

  Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian received Moldova’s Deputy Prime Minister Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs and European Integration Natalia German.

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• 16 September

  Serbian FM is certain his country will be the next to join EU

  Serbian Foreign Minister Ivan Mrkić has said he is “certain” that Serbia will be “the next state to join the European Union.” Mrkić’s confidence is based on the belief that this is also a wish of those states which are already part of the European family of peoples, but admits …

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• 16 September

  Pakistani PM starts 3-day visit to Turkey

  The Prime Minister of Pakistan Muhammad Nawaz Sharif was Monday heading for Turkey on a three-day official visit, an official press release said. The release said the prime minister is scheduled to meet Turkish President Abdullah Gul and co-chair

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• 16 September

  Turkish FM will visit Paris to discuss Syrian situation

  Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu will visit Paris on Sept. 16 for a meeting on Syria upon an invitation by his U.S. counterpart, John Kerry. Speaking on the phone for the second time in less than 24 hours, Davutoğlu and Kerry discussed steps towards setting out a framework for the dismantling of Syria’s chemical …

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• 16 September

  Turkey says Geneva deal is not the end of Syrian crisis

  Turkey has responded cautiously to Saturday’s US-Russian deal to avoid a US military operation if Syria allows its chemical weapons stockpile to be destroyed, saying that it does not eliminate the need for action to stop the regime killing with conventional weapons, and also calls for well-defined consequences if President …

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• 16 September

  US, France and Britain to increase pressure Assad to respect weapons deal

  The United States, France and Britain agreed Sept.16 to step up pressure on President Bashar al-Assad to stick to the terms of a deal under which Syria is to give up its huge arsenal of chemical weapons and avoid U.S. military strikes.

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• 13 September

  Morsi supporters rally in Egypt

  Thousands of supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi rallied in Cairo after Friday prayers chanting angry slogans against the military, with clashes reported elsewhere in Egypt. “Either we recover their rights, or we die like them!” the protesters shouted as they marched in the Nasr City district, referring to …

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• 13 September

  Russia sends another 3 ships to Mediterranean

  The Russian Navy is bolstering its strength in the Mediterranean Sea from seven to ten warships, its top commander told journalists on Friday. The guided-missile cruiser Moskva, the destroyer Smetlivy and the assault landing ship Nikolai Filchenkov are on their way to join Russia’s naval task force already stationed in …

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