A Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) delegation, led by its President Tomislav Nikolić, attended the 11th United Russia Congress in St Petersburg. The SNS delegation took part in a forum entitled “Social Responsibility of Political Parties During the Global Economic Crisis†on Saturday.
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Zardari urges US team to remove conditions from defence bill
November 11th, 2009 |
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Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has asked the United States to take out the ‘stern’ conditions attached in the Defence Authorisation Bill, saying such restrictions would create further problems in the joint counter-terrorism efforts.
Zardari told Jane Harman, chief of the homeland security subcommittee on intelligence and terrorism risk assessment, who is heading a US congressional [...]
Still no deal on details of Russian loan
October 30th, 2009 |
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A Serbian government delegation will continue its talks in Moscow, started on Thursday, on conditions for receiving the Russian loan worth USD 1bn. The delegation is led by Assistant Finance Minister Zoran Ćirović, and also includes representatives from the infrastructure, mining and energy, economy, and foreign ministries, Beta reported.
Mayor, Belgrade delegation in Chicago
October 29th, 2009 |
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A city of Belgrade delegation, headed by Mayor Dragan Äilas, started their visit to Chicago, said reports. They held meetings on strengthening of the cooperation between the two cities which have since 2005 been promoting their ties as sister cities, it was stated by the City of Belgrade’s administration late on Wednesday.
Serbian delegation continues Shanghai visit
August 23rd, 2009 |
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A delegation led by President Boris Tadić continued its visit to China on Sunday, meeting with Chinese company officials interested in investing in Serbia. Tadić was in Xi’an on Saturday, where me met with the vice governor of the Shanxi province and visited cultural and historic landmarks of the ancient Chinese capital.
Serbian delegation in Shanghai today
August 22nd, 2009 |
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The Serbian delegation being led by President Boris Tadić, currently on an extended visit to China, will be visiting Shanghai on Saturday. The delegation will be meeting in Shanghai to discuss cooperation in modern industries, such as electronics and information technologies, according to Economy Minister Mlađan Dinkić, who is a member of the delegation.
Honduras yields on OAS delegation
August 10th, 2009 |
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The interim government of Honduras has said it will not allow a high-level delegation from the Organisation of American States to visit for talks.
It said OAS chief Jose Miguel Insulza would not be an impartial observer.
The delegation was hoping the Honduran government would accept a plan under which ousted President Manuel Zelaya would return and elections be held.
Mr Zelaya was sent into exile after a coup in June amid a power struggle over his plans for constitutional change.
His critics said the move was aimed at removing the current one-term limit on serving as president, and paving the way for his re-election.
Following the army-led coup on 28 June, the speaker of Congress, Roberto Micheletti – constitutionally second in line to the presidency – was sworn in as interim leader.
The OAS has demanded Mr Zelaya’s immediate reinstatement.
It suspended Honduras’ membership after the interim government failed to abide by a deadline to restore Mr Zelaya to power.
‘Damage to democracy’
Mr Insulza was to be accompanied on the visit to Tegucigalpa on Tuesday by the foreign ministers of Argentina, Canada, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico and the Dominican Republic.
"Unfortunately, Insulza’s intransigence and his insistence on including himself in the delegation… has made it impossible to allow this visit in the scheduled date"
Honduran Foreign Ministry
But on Sunday, the Honduran foreign ministry announced that it would turn back the group because of the presence of the OAS secretary-general.
It also said other unnamed countries it considered more sympathetic were not represented in the delegation.
"Unfortunately, Insulza’s intransigence and his insistence on including himself in the delegation and to exclude foreign ministers of member states that… are open to reconsidering our case has made it impossible to allow this visit in the scheduled date," it said.
But the foreign ministry said it was willing to reschedule the visit as long as the delegation does not include Mr Insulza, whose "lack of objectivity, impartiality and professionalism" in his role had "resulted in serious damage to democracy".
The OAS hopes Mr Micheletti can be persuaded to accept a detailed plan proposed by the Costa Rican President, Oscar Arias.
Under this, Mr Zelaya would return to serve out his presidency and a government of national reconciliation would be set up. There would be an amnesty for political crimes committed during the crisis, and presidential elections would be brought forward to 28 October.
But the interim government says his return to power is an impossibility. Mr Zelaya says it is "non-negotiable".
This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
Defense minister on visit to Iraq
July 31st, 2009 |
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Defense Minister Dragan Å utanovac on July 30 began a several-day official visit to Iraq. He is heading a delegation of MoD officials and business people.
“U.S. impressed by judicial reform process”
July 24th, 2009 |
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The U.S. thinks very highly of reforms undertaken in the Serbian judiciary, says Acting Supreme Court President Nata Mesarović. She said that during the visit of a Serbian judicial delegation to Washington, there had been talk of expected American assistance and support to the reform process.
French diplomat to become new EC delegation head?
July 22nd, 2009 |
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The new head of the EC delegation to Serbia, upon outgoing head Josep Lloveras’s departure, will most likely be French diplomat Vincent Degert, Tanjug reports. Degert currently heads the European Commission (EC) delegation to Croatia.
Bangladesh favours reopening rail link with India: Sheikh Hasina
July 22nd, 2009 |
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Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed her government’’s interest in reopening a rail link between Bangladesh and India to establish stronger connectivity between the two neighbouring countries in the fields of trade, investment and people-to-people contacts.
The railway link was severed following 1965 India-Pakistan war and has been non-operational since then.
She conveyed this at [...]
Honduran crisis talks break down
July 20th, 2009 |
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Honduras’s interim government has rejected a proposal to solve the country’s political crisis, in effect ending talks with the ousted president.
The delegation’s head said the Costa Rican mediators’ proposal, which would see Manuel Zelaya return as president, was "absolutely unacceptable".
Mr Zelaya’s representatives said they would no longer negotiate with the interim leaders’ current delegation.
Mediators have asked both sides to resume talks in three days.
Mr Zelaya was forced into exile on 28 June and the interim government says he will be arrested if he comes back.
It prevented an earlier attempted homecoming on 5 July.
Mr Zelaya said nothing would stop him from returning to Honduras but that he had not decided when this would be, Reuters news agency reported.
His delegation said it had not ruled out future talks with the coup leaders.
‘Dialogue over’
"I’m very sorry, but the proposals that you have presented are unacceptable to the constitutional government of Honduras," said Carlos Lopez, the head of the interim government led by Roberto Micheletti.
He said Mr Micheletti’s side objected in particular to the first point of Costa Rican President Oscar Arias’s proposal.
That proposes "the legitimate restitution" of Mr Zelaya as the head of a reconciliation government, until early elections are held in October.
Mr Arias also proposed an amnesty for political crimes committed before and after the 28 June coup.
"This dialogue with this commission of the de facto, military coup government is finished," said one of Mr Zelaya’s representatives, Rixi Moncada.
The delegation said earlier that if the interim government rejected the plans, the talks would be "over".
Aristides Mejia, who is representing Mr Zelaya at the talks, said the team had accepted the proposal for reinstating the deposed leader and were "willing to discuss all the other points".
He said if the interim government accepted Mr Arias’s proposal they would "work around the clock eternally to discuss each point".
‘No return’
Speaking to the BBC in Nicaragua on Saturday, Mr Zelaya, said he would not agree to anything that gave concessions to the people who ousted him from office.
Arturo Corrales, representing Mr Micheletti, accused Mr Zelaya of bad faith.
"The whole world heard the statements of Mr Manuel Zelaya Rosales, saying that he cannot stop calling for a constitutional national assembly," he said.
"That strips yesterday’s commission of any authority and negates the spirit of the conversations that have been taking place here, and reaffirms a wish in Honduras to keep violating our constitution and our laws."
Assistant Foreign Minister Martha Lorena Alvarado said on Saturday that the reinstatement of Mr Zelaya was "not negotiable".
"There is no possibility of him returning to Honduras as president," she said.
Mr Micheletti heads a military-backed government, which ousted Mr Zelaya amid a dispute with Congress and the courts.
Mr Zelaya had planned to hold a non-binding public consultation to ask people whether they supported moves to change the constitution.
His critics said the move was unconstitutional and aimed to remove the current one-term limit on serving as president and pave the way for his possible re-election.</p
This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
World Games In Taiwan: China Boycotts Opening Ceremony
July 16th, 2009 |
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TAIPEI, Taiwan — The 100-strong Chinese delegation boycotted the opening ceremony of the World Games in Taiwan on Thursday, underscoring the limits of the historic breakthrough in relations between Taipei and Beijing.
The Chinese gestur…
Hague judges to visit Belgrade
July 14th, 2009 |
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A delegation of Hague Tribunal judges led by Court President Patrick Robinson will be in Belgrade on July 16-17, according to the Serbian Supreme Court. During the two-day visit, the judges will be meeting with senior Serbian judiciary officials to discuss current issues regarding cooperation between Serbia and the war crimes tribunal.