November 19, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Romania, Romania News
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will visit Romania and Uzbekistan from November 25 to 29, a Foreign Ministry spokesman announced on Monday. Li will pay an official visit to Romania and attend a China-Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) leaders’ meeting as a guest of Romanian Prime Minister Victor-Viorel Ponta, Qin Guang
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November 19, 2013 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Serbia
Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dačić has said the U.S. supports Serbia’s efforts to get the date of the first intergovernmental conference with the EU as soon as possible. The prime minister on Monday in New York met with the U.S. permanent representative to the UN, Samantha Power, and said afterwards
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November 19, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Kavkaz, Kavkaz News, Turkey
US Secretary of State John Kerry and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu have also discussed the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement.
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November 19, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Turkey
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says the US will continue to provide two Patriot missile batteries in Turkey for another year as part of that country’s air defenses while the civil war rages on in Syria. Pentagon spokesman Carl Woog says Hagel met with Turkey’s foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, on Monday …
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November 19, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
Lebanese officials condemned the deadly bombings that targeted the Iranian Embassy in Beirut Tuesday and stressed the need to distance the country from regional turmoil. “We condemn this cowardly terrorist act which is aimed at inciting tensions in Lebanon and using the country as an arena to send political messages,” said caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati.
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November 19, 2013 Afghanistan, Afghanistan News, Eurasia, Eurasia News
Thousands of tribal chieftains and politicians will gather this week in the Afghan capital to discuss a security pact with the United States which will shape Washington’s future military presence in the war-scarred nation. The bilateral security agreement (BSA) will determine how many US soldiers stay in Afghanistan when most …
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November 19, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Iran, Iran News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
At least 7 people have been killed in the Lebanese capital Beirut in two large explosions, seemingly targeted at the Iranian embassy. Local authorities have revealed that the Iranian Ambassador is safe.
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November 19, 2013 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News
Bulgaria supports the signing of an Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU, stated Bulgarian Foreign Affairs Minister Kristian Vigenin. Monday Vigenin participated in an External Affairs EU Council in Brussels, where EU top diplomats discussed Ukraine’s
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November 19, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Magreb, Magreb News
The United States has agreed to provide basic combat training for 5,000 to 8,000 Libyan military personnel, Defense Department spokesman Steve Warren said Monday. The training mission is still being planned, and is slated to take place at a base in Bulgaria,Warren said during a Pentagon briefing. He provided
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November 19, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
The Syrian government troops have started a large-scale offensive on the northern outskirts of Damascus, after tightening the screws on rebels in the southern rim of the capital. The forces have been besieging the town of Qara in the al- Qalamoun mountains north of Damascus and near the border with
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