NATO’s Military Committee has been meeting in Brussels to develop the alliance’s New Strategic Concept. This included discussion of NATO-Russia work plans.
Anti-terrorism was on the agenda, in the wake of the Moscow airport bombing, in which dozens were killed and many wounded. Moscow has also called for cyber-defense cooperation for the first time.
Serbian Defense Minister Dragan Å utanovac says he expects Serbia and Kuwait to soon sign an agreement on defense cooperation. It would enable the two countries’ military industries to establish good cooperation in the economic domain as they did in the political one.
Japan plans to develop economic cooperation with Russia, the country’s prime minister, Naoto Kan, said on Monday, RIA Novosti reports. “We will broaden cooperation with Russia in the economic sphere, including the development of natural resources,” Kan said during the opening session of the Japanese parliament.
Assistant Foreign Minister Zdravko Ponoš has said that regional cooperation is one of the government priorities, besides EU integration and Kosovo.
“It is a general impression that the relations between the countries of the former Yugoslavia are at their highest point since the country’s breakup, he told daily Press.
Fifty-five sports trainers from India have arrived in Cuba, signalling a fresh chapter in sports cooperation between the two countries. “Two groups of Indian trainers, one for high-performance sports and the other for community sports, will be here for the next six weeks to receive training and suggestions on how to transform India into a [...]
The Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) and the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) believe that there is no need for attacks, SNS leader Tomislav Nikolić says.
He told B92 that in a talk with DSS leader Vojislav KoÅ¡tunica on Friday, he insisted that “there should not be conflicts among the opposition, even when there is disagreement.â€
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is continuing her tour of the Persian Gulf in Qatar, VOA reports. There she is scheduled to discuss regional issues with foreign ministers from the Gulf Cooperation Council.
Representatives of the Serbian and Danish ministries of defense signed Monday in Belgrade a bilateral military cooperation plan for 2011. Reports said that it “encompasses 30 activities”.
Opposition SNS deputy leader Aleksandar VuÄić has denied that his party and the ruling Democrats (RS) are cooperating. He told B92 in Belgrade late on Thursday that the two parties – consistently topping the polls as the country’s most popular – are “most fierce possible political opponents”.
Slovak Foreign Minister Mikulas Dzurinda stated on Wednesday that Bratislava will continue to assist Serbia’s EU path.
He underlined that modernization of Serbia is good and necessary “not for bureaucracy, but rather for people”.
Serbia’s cooperation with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) has been very successful this year.
“The IMF Board allowed this week Serbia to take out EUR 373mn for the strengthening of the country’s foreign exchange reserves, since it has made a positive assessment regarding the sixth revision of the stand-by credit arrangement with Serbia,†Serbian Representative with the WB Biljana Chroneos-Krasavac said.
A U.S. state department official says his country expects both Priština and Tirana to cooperate with any possible organ trade investigation.
U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Thomas Countryman spoke in reference to accusations of organ trafficking in Kosovo and the involvement of Kosovo Albanian Prime Minister Hashim Thaci, which were published in the report of Council of Europe (CoE) rapporteur Dick Marty.
Russia and India intend to develop cooperation in the nuclear sphere, the Russian president and Indian prime minister said in a joint statement on Tuesday. “The sides have expressed satisfaction over the development of bilateral nuclear cooperation and hope for further widening and strengthening of ties in this sphere,” the statement, issued after Dmitry Medvedev and Manmohan Singh’s meeting in New Delhi, said.
The U.S. will continue to cooperate with Kosovo PM Hashim Thaci despite the CoE report linking him to crimes, the U.S. Department of State has announced.
U.S. Department of State Philip Crowley has assessed that accusations of Thaci’s involvement in organ trafficking are “not going to change fundamentally U.S.-Kosovo relationsâ€.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Thursday said that he had come here to expand bilateral strategic ties between China and India. Wen Jiabao, who was given a ceremonial welcome by President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in the forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhavan, said: “I have come to India to expand cooperation, [...]
Taiwan will formally start talks with Singapore on a trade accord early next year after signing an agreement with China in June.
Feasibility studies show an economic cooperation agreement would offer “significant mutual benefits,” the trade offices of the two sides said in a joint statement today. The statement didn’t give details of dates or where the talks will be held.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his Polish counterpart Bronislaw Komorowski signed in Warsaw a declaration of cooperation in economic modernization. The two sides agreed to cooperate in the research and development of innovative and environmentally-friendly technologies and recognized that Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) will promote cooperation between Russia and the EU.
Serbian and Japanese officials today in Tokyo signed a memorandum on cooperation of the two country’s police forces. Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Ivica DaÄić and President of Japan’s National Commission for Public Safety Tomiko Okazaki signed the document.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has called upon all parties, including the opposition to cooperate in the development of the state. Talking to reporters here on Tuesday, Kumar said: “”All of us together, whether we are in ruling side or opposition, we will work for Bihar and will take Bihar on the speedy path of [...]
Serbia’s Deputy PM Božidar Äelić met on Tuesday in Belgrade with representatives of Hewlett-Packard (HP).
Äelić – who is also minister for technology and science in the current cabinet – and HP Personal Systems Group in EMEA General Manager Achim Kuttler discussed the possibilities of cooperation regarding scientific and technological development, said reports.
