Congress reconsiders America’s official position on the Armenian genocideTWO questions faced an American congressional panel on Thursday March 5th as it considered the mass killings of Armenians during and after the first world war by forces of the Ottoman Empire. First, was it genocide? The historical debate is as hot, ...
U.S. business leaders are urging the House of Representatives to reject a resolution that would label as genocide WW1 killings of Armenians by Turkish forces. In a letter, chief executives from the U.S. aerospace and defense industry warned passage of the measure by the House Foreign Affairs Committee could ...
High Representative in Bosnia Inzko Valentin called on the European parliament to take the current challenges in Bosnia seriously. The European Union, including the European parliament, must be active in order to change the current negative political trends in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Inzko said addressing the working group for the Western Balkans ...
Head of the Russian Duma Foreign Affairs Committee Konstantin Kosachev said that Serbia has to decide on its own whether it wants to join NATO. He added however that he doubts that the Serb people, after the tragedy they endured during the Alliance bombing of 1999, would want to join ...
President of the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee Dragoljub Mićunović stated that Serbia and China were on the same side in observing international law. Mićunović previously met with the members of a Chinese Association for Internation Understanding (CAFIU) delegation, and pointed out that “relations between Serbia and People’s Republic of China ...
The European parliament (EP) members on Thursday in Strasbourg adopted a resolution on the EU's enlargement strategy. The document, drafted by the EP Foreign Affairs Committee, asks the Council of the European Union to ratify without any further delay the Interim Trade Agreement with Serbia.
Chairman of the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee Dragoljub Mićunović stated in Belgrade that "freedom and justice go together". Mićunović, who also chairs the ruling Democratic Party (DS) Political Council, made the statement as he opened an exhibition of photographs and panels at the Center of Fine Arts in Belgrade on ...
The United States will begin its engagement with Myanmar after a decade-long freeze next week by sending a top diplomat to Yangon, but said it will actively consult India along with China on its new strategy. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell will head to ...
The Slovenian Democratic Party has called for the dismissal of the current Russian ambassador, saying that his past “degrades Slovenia’s reputation.” The opposition Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS), led by the former Prime Minister Janez Janša, has demanded an emergency session of the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee to discuss the ...
The military mission in Afghanistan has failed to deliver what it promised - as troops are being given too many tasks, a report from MPs says.The House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee says "mission creep" had brought too ...
Commons foreign affairs committee says policy of non-engagement is achieving littleThe government is facing fresh calls today from MPs to open contacts with the militant Palestinian Hamas movement in an attempt to inject new momentum into the Middle East peace process.The Commons foreign affairs ...
In pictures: Gaza six months onThe UK government has come under rising pressure from MPs to start making contact with Palestinian group Hamas.A Foreign Affairs Committee report also said it was ...
Last Thursday, while most U.S. media outlets were focused relentlessly on the marathon endurance test that was Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court confirmation hearing, the House...