Turkey is still anchored to the West and closer ties with neighboring Iran do not indicate a change of course in foreign policy, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Tuesday, brushing aside criticism of his recent trip to the Islamic Republic. Erdoğan’s visit to Iran in late October and his …

Newly appointed Serbian Ambassador to Ukraine Dušan Lazić presented his credentials to Ukranian President Viktor Yushchenko on Tuesday. The Serbian Embassy in Kiev said in a statement that Yushchenko and Lazić concluded that relations and cooperation between Serbia and Ukraine are developing successfully.

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said that now is not the right time for Serbia to submit its EU membership application. He also said that there are no signs Interim Trade Agreement between Serbia and EU to be unfrozen.