March, 2013

• 13 March

  Russia says arming Syrian opposition would be illegal

  Britain and Russia tried to present a unified front over the Syrian crisis on Wednesday, but their deep differences on whether outside powers should arm the rebels were quickly laid bare. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said arming Syria’s opposition would

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• 13 March

  Security Council vote soon on Mali force

  France and its African allies want a heavily-armed force able to counter any resurgent Islamist threat in Mali as part of a United Nations peacekeeping mission, diplomats said. The United Nations is considering setting up a 10,000-strong force in the former French colony

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• 13 March

  New RS government to take office

  A joint session of the old and new cabinet will be held today in Banja Luka and a new government of the Republic of Srpska (RS) will take office. The RS Assembly elected late Tuesday the new government led by Prime Minister Željka Cvijanović.

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• 13 March

  EP President: Serbia should get EU talks date

  European Parliament (EP) President Martin Schultz believes the EU should set a date for the beginning of the EU accession negotiations for Serbia. He stressed that the EP’s Foreign Affairs Committee would say in a draft resolution that Serbia had make a great effort.

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• 13 March

  UN humanitarian chief visits Syrian refugees in Turkey

  The UN’s top humanitarian official, Valerie Amos, on Wednesday began a two-day visit to Turkey, meeting Syrian refugees at a camp in southern Anatolia. Speaking at the start of her visit to the southern province of Kilis, Amos, the undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs

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• 13 March

  Turkish FM to visit southern Diyarbakır

  Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu will visit Kurdish-populated Diyarbakır province amidst efforts to end three decades of insurgency. Davutoğlu will travel to Diyarbakır late March 14 to deliver a speech at a university the morning of March 15.

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• 13 March

  Armenian FM to visit Greece

  Armenian Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandyan will leave for a working visit to Berlin on March 13-14 at the invitation of German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle. He will meet with senior officials representing the

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• 13 March

  OSCE Helps Bosnia Speed Up War Crimes Cases

  The OSCE and Bosnia’s top judicial authority have launched a joint project aimed at accelerate work on war crimes prosecutions by supporting support legal institutions. The project, which started on Monday and will continue for 15 months, is intended to help tackle the huge backlog of outstanding prosecutions

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• 13 March

  Azerbaijani President ends visit to Croatia

  President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today ended his official visit to Croatia. A guard of honour was lined up for the President of Azerbaijan at the Zagreb Airport.

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• 13 March

  Greek Cyprus bailout looms over EU summit

  The heads of states of European countries are gathering at a two-day EU summit, where they will be tackling the long-standing issue of forming a bailout plan for Greek Cyprus. The freshly elected Greek Cypriot President Anastasiades is holding his breath to come up trumps at the summit. European Union …

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