Eurasia Press & News
The U.S., Turkey and Qatar pushed through a UN resolution Wednesday demanding a probe into the fighting around the Syrian town of Qusair, near Lebanon, and condemnation of foreign fighters supporting President Bashar Assad.
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May, 2013
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30 May
Syria received Russian missiles, says Bashar Assad
Syria has received the first shipment of Russian missiles that are part of a more sophisticated air defence system, President Bashar Assad said on Thursday. Bashar Assad’s comment on the arrival of the long-range S-300 air defence missiles
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30 May
Turkish FM addressed Syrian opposition coalition
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Wednesday addressed the Syrian opposition coalition which has been holding week-long talks in Istanbul. Turkish diplomatic sources said Davutoglu made a speech at the opposition meeting in line
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30 May
Macedonia President will not attend SEECP summit
Macedonian plans to host a summit of regional presidents end in fiasco after most of the guests pull out for a variety of reasons – forcing Macedonia’s president to call off the meeting. Gjorge Ivanov said there was no point in holding the summit, or the complementary
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30 May
EURONEST meeting to be held in Armenia
MEPs and MPs from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine hope to achieve a breakthrough in their relations at this November’s Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius, but not at the expense of democracy, rule of law and peace. At the Third Euronest Parliamentary Assembly in Brussels on 28-29 May, they …
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30 May
Syrian opposition hails US-Russian plan for peace
Syria’s opposition National Coalition Wednesday said it welcomed the US-Russian plan to hold a Syria peace conference in Geneva. In a statement released in Istanbul after days
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30 May
Belgrade and Pristina hold new meeting in Brussels
Talks on the implementation of the Belgrade-Priština agreement and electric power and telecommunications started in Brussels at 11:00 CET. Belgrade’s implementation team is led by
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29 May
UN could allow Serbian war criminals to serve sentences in their country
The UN secretary-general has asked the Hague Tribunal to examine the possibility of Serbian war crimes convicts serving their sentences in their home country. Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic asked the UN
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29 May
Turkish President hails EU decision on Syria arms ban
Turkish President Abdullah Gül welcomed yesterday the EU decision to lift the arms embargo on the Syrian opposition. “It’s obvious that nobody can suppress people through arms and the army. In this respect, we
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29 May
Serbian PM to visit Brussels
Serbia’s Prime Minister Ivica Dačić will attend the plenary session of the European Parliament (EP) Foreign Affairs Committee in Brussels on Wednesday.
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