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- September 6, 2008
More Troops Needed in Afghanistan, US General Says
more Though U.S., coalition and Afghan troops are making steady
progress against increasingly active insurgent forces in Afghanistan,
it's
time to turn up the heat, a senior U.S. military officer said today. "I
believe that more forces are required. And I think that over the
next several months we can put them, certainly, to good
use," Army Maj. Gen. Jeffrey J. Schloesser, commander of Combined
Joint Task Force...
UN Press Conference on Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy
more By adopting the global Strategy to fight terrorism two years
ago, the General Assembly had shown its willingness and ability
to take
collective and practical action on a daunting, complex and politically
sensitive global challenge, Assembly President Srgjan Kerim told
correspondents today, at a press conference held in conjunction
with the first review meeting of the action plan being held at
Headquarters...
Russia: Outcome of CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers Meeting
more A Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) meeting of the Collective
Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) was held in Moscow on September
4. The Foreign Ministers of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan took part. Armenian Foreign Minister
Eduard Nalbandian chaired the meeting. Participants examined a
broad range of agenda issues, including those to be...
| France:
Visit of the Turkish president Abdullah Gul to Armenia |
| COE:
Urgent debate on the consequences of the war between Georgia
and Russia |
| Kremlin:
Interview given by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to Television
Channels Channel One, Rossia, NTV |
| OSCE
media freedom representative visits Turkmenistan |
| Hungary:
With the opening of new border crossing points Hungary wishes
to give Serbia support and bring it closer to the European
Union—Kinga Göncz’s talks |
| Russia:
Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov Holds Talks with
Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs Karel de Gucht |
| UN:
Press conference by United Nations Secretary-General to launch
report of Millennium Development Goals gap task force |
| US
Department of State: Call to Temporarily Loosen Restrictions
on Cuba (Taken Question) |
| Remarks
of US Secretary of State Rice En Route Tripoli, Libya with
Traveling Press |
| Russia:
On Russia’s Proposal to Launch an OSCE Civilian Police
Operation in the Security Zone around South Ossetia |
| UN:
Press Conference by Emergency Relief Coordinator, 5 September
2008 |
| UN:
Daily Press Briefing, 5 September 2008 |
| UN:
Press Conference on Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy |
| Lebanon:
The visit of the British military attaché in Lebanon
to the northern region headquarters |
| Iran,
China presidents hold talks |
| Lebanon:
Armed Forces Commander General Jean Kahwagi met with the
Commander of UNIFIL |
| Japanese
PM pledges continued efforts for ties with China |
| US
Department of State: Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public
Affairs Release of Foreign Relations, 1969–1976, Volume
E-15, Documents on Eastern Europe, 1973-1976 |
| US
Department of State: Daily Press Briefing, 4 September 2008 |
| Georgia:
FM Eka Tkeshelashvili met with EU Special representative
for South Caucasus Peter Semneby |
| Russia:
Transcript of Remarks by Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs
Sergey Lavrov at Meeting with Members of Turkey’s Northern
Caucasus Diaspora, Istanbul, September 2, 2008 |
| DOD:
More Troops Needed in Afghanistan, US General Says |
| Uzbekistan:
SCTO summit held in Moscow, Russia |
| White
House: Statement by National Security Advisor Stephen J.
Hadley on Iraq Policy |
| Georgia:
Violations of the Six-Point Cease Fire Agreement by the Russian
Federation |
| Jamaica
and Brazil to Strengthen Co-Operation |
| Accra
Action Agenda Finalized: A Realistically Ambitious Development
Agenda (USAID) |
| Poland:
Prime Minister met with Polish ambassadors |
| Poland:
Prime Minister’s meeting with the President of Portugal |
| Saudi
aid handed over to Mali |
| Cyprus
and Spain sign Memorandum of Understanding |
| Finland
Minister Väyrynen: The development of the private sector
and economic growth are among the most effective means to
reduce poverty |
| Bulgaria:
Minister Maslarova and Deputy Minister Voronin discussed
cooperation between Bulgaria and Russia in the field of social
security |
| Kremlin:
The leaders of the Collective Security Council Organisation's
(CSTO) member states have given common assessment of events
in the Caucasus |
| US
President Bush to welcome President Alvaro Uribe of Colombia |
| Kremlin:
Press Conference of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev following
the Collective Security Treaty Organisation Summit (CSTO) |
| Belarus:
MFA Press Secretary Andrei Popov comments, when asked by
the media, on the US Treasury Department’s decision
to suspend for six months the US sanctions that were previously
introduced towards several Belarusian businesses |
| Remarks
of US Secretary of State Rice with Portuguese Foreign Minister
Luis Amado |
| Palestine:
President Abbas Calls for Ending Gaza Seige, Achieving National
Unity |
| Ukraine:
President Yushchenko meets US Vice President Cheney |
| Russia:
Outcome of CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers Meeting |
| Pakistan:
Foreign Secretary Bashir meets the India High Commissioner
Satyabrata |
| Serbia:
National consensus on EU accession reached |
| Sweden
on the sentence against Parvin Ardalan |
| Pakistan:
Foreign Minister Qureshi invites his Afghan counterpart to
visit Pakistan |
| Armenia:
Minister Nalbandian participates in the session of SCTO Ministerial
Council |
| Armenia:
Meeting of Heads of Armenian Diplomatic Missions |
| COE:
Human rights and humanitarian principles have been seriously
violated in the South Ossetia conflict, reports Thomas Hammarberg
after an eight-day mission |
| Lithuanian
FM: The European Union has to strengthen its cooperation
with the USA |
| COE:
Council of Europe calls for an integrated approach to migration
issues |
| ASEAN
Secretariat Enters into Cooperation Agreement with Guangdong
Province, China |
| Georgia:
Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia |
| China
Donates Equipment to DPRK (North Korea) |
| Russia:
Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov Meets with Italian
Minister of Foreign Affairs Franco Frattini |
| DOD:
USS Mount Whitney Brings Aid to Georgia |
| Georgia:
Russian aggression towards Georgia and ethnic cleansing of
the Georgian population |
| Russia:
Transcript of Remarks and Response to Media Questions by
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey
Lavrov at Joint Press Conference After Meeting with Minister
of Foreign Affairs of the Italian Republic Franco Frattini,
Moscow, September 4, 2008 |
| Russia:
Statement of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Member
States of the Collective Security Treaty Organization in
Relation to the Events in South Ossetia, Moscow, September
4, 2008 |
| President:
Iran to talk with US if it stops hostile policies |
| ACPSEC:
Chief EPA negotiators meet in Brussels |
| Iran:
Qashqavi dismisses Sarkozy's anti-Iran claims |
| Australia:
Diplomatic Appointment - Ambassador for Counter-Terrorism |
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