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Sarkisyan meets with Stoltenberg in Brussels

Sarkisyan meets with Stoltenberg in Brussels

Armenian President Armen Sarkisyan held a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels to discuss the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. The Secretary General stressed that Armenia is an important partner for NATO. …

EU to strengthen anti-Russia sanctions over Crimea

EU to strengthen anti-Russia sanctions over Crimea

European Union countries have agreed to blacklist several Russian officials for conducting elections in Crimea in September 2019, a diplomatic source in Brussels said. "A consensus has been reached to introduce restrictions on …

Stoltenberg: NATO should help Georgia and Ukraine

Stoltenberg: NATO should help Georgia and Ukraine

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that allies should provide the necessary resources to Georgia and Ukraine as the Black Sea region is important for the Alliance. He stressed that NATO is working with both …

Georgian PM to visit Azerbaijan and Turkey

Georgian PM to visit Azerbaijan and Turkey

Georgian Prime Minister Georgi Gakharia will pay a visit to Azerbaijan on October 9, according to the press service of the Georgian government. It will be his first official visit as head of the Georgian …

EU officially extends 'Crimean' sanctions on Russia

EU officially extends 'Crimean' sanctions on Russia

The European Union officially extended economic sanctions against Crimea and Sevastopol by one year, according to the European Council's statement released today. The European Union’s Committee of Permanent …

Ilham Aliyev meets with Donald Tusk

Ilham Aliyev meets with Donald Tusk

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has met with President of the European Council Donald Tusk in Brussels on May 13, the presidential press service reported. The sides hailed the development of …

Mammadyarov and Mnatsakanyan shake hands in Brussels

Mammadyarov and Mnatsakanyan shake hands in Brussels

Foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and Elmar Mammadyarov held a short meeting on the margins of a gathering marking the 10th anniversary of the Eastern Partnership Program in …

Pompeo to discuss Iran in Brussels

Pompeo to discuss Iran in Brussels

United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to meet EU officials in Brussels today to talk about Iran, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said. Mogherini said she was informed during the night of Pompeo’s …

 Man suspected of plotting terror attack detained in Belgium

Man suspected of plotting terror attack detained in Belgium

A young man was detained in the Belgian city of Wavre on suspicion of plotting a terror attack, the spokesman for the federal prosecutor's office Eric Van Der Sypt said. A Belgian daily La Derniere Heure reported earlier that the …

Turkey and NATO to discuss regional issues

Turkey and NATO to discuss regional issues

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will arrive in Brussels on December 4 to attend a NATO Foreign Ministers’ meeting. "Foreign Ministers will discuss the latest international security issues and review …

Standoff between Rome and Brussels spookes financial markets

Standoff between Rome and Brussels spookes financial markets

Italy stood by the main pillars of its 2019 budget on Friday, as a deadline neared for it to change what Brussels called overly optimistic economic assumptions or face penalties for breaking EU fiscal rules. Reuters reports in its …