Peace Negotiations
Tuesday, February 4, 2014 - 08:10
The United States has urged South Sudan President Salva Kiir to release political prisoners loyal to former vice president Riek Machar in a bid to end a civil war.
Monday, February 3, 2014 - 12:28
It is expected that on February 3 the Russian co-chair, Igor Popov, will join them, and mediators will meet with the President and Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev and Elmar Mammadyarov.
Monday, February 3, 2014 - 12:14
The meeting discussed issues of mutual concern, expansion of Azerbaijan-U.S. cooperation in energy sector and situation in the region, according to the ministry.
Monday, February 3, 2014 - 12:09
Cooperation between Azerbaijan and OSCE, as well as the organizational issues related to running of OSCE Baku project coordinator office were discussed at the meeting.
Monday, February 3, 2014 - 11:53
Ashton thanked Ambassador Lefort for his hard work: “He has worked with patience and objectivity to help the parties to the conflicts resolve their differences, and has earned their trust.”
Monday, February 3, 2014 - 11:18
Secretary-General of the Arab League Nabil al-Arabi expressed sorrow on Monday on the failure of the Syrian government and the opposition to reach a common ground, during the first round of the Geneva II talks last month.
Monday, February 3, 2014 - 10:57
Palestine, he said, would not have its own army, only a police force, so the NATO mission would be responsible for preventing the weapons smuggling and terrorism that Israel fears.
Monday, February 3, 2014 - 10:13
“We’re working on Cyprus quietly. You’re not hearing about it. We’re working on Nagorno Karabakh, the Caucasus. We have an extraordinary amount of diplomatic reach at this particular moment, including in Latin America”, Said the diplomat, Armenpress reports.
Monday, February 3, 2014 - 07:52
Their remarks were a sharp retort to Secretary of State John Kerry, who warned a day earlier that the risk of boycotts would intensify should his current Middle East peace effort fail.
Friday, January 31, 2014 - 13:50
In what appears to be a significant change of position, South Sudan says it will release four remaining political prisoners it arrested for an alleged coup in December – a move that would clear the highest hurdle for peace process in warring South Sudan.