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- September 18, 2008
China, US achieve positive results at bilateral trade talks
more Chinese
Vice Premier Wang Qishan announced Tuesday that positive results
had been achieved at a one-day China-U.S. trade meeting
here, saying China stands ready to work with the U.S. to further
expand bilateral economic and trade ties. "China-U.S. economic
relation is not only important for our two countries, but important
for the whole world," Wang said
at the end of the 19th session of the China-U.S...
Montreux Document on Private Military and Security
Companies
more Today, 17 States and the International Committee of the Red
Cross (ICRC) finalised the Montreux Document, a text containing
rules
and good practices relating to private military and security companies
operating in armed conflict. The initiative for this document,
which is the first of its kind, was launched jointly by Switzerland
and the ICRC in 2006. The document was elaborated by a group of
States...
Russia-Georgia Rift Prompts Questions about NATO's Future Role
more Russia's attack on Georgia, the first invasion orchestrated
by Moscow since the end of the Soviet Union, raises questions about
NATO's future role in the region, defense officials said. "We
have heretofore, since NATO began to enlarge in the '90s, operated
in an environment where the presumption was that Russia
was a partner for NATO, not an adversary," Eric S. Edelman,
undersecretary of defense...
| Jordan,
Kuwait renew support for PA |
| UN
General Committee accepts Serbia’s request |
| India:
Joint Press Statement on Official visit of Rt. Hon’ble
Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, Prime Minister
of Nepal to India |
| Iran:
Envoy criticizes IAEA for forgetting Modality Agreement |
| Chinese
premier meets Jordan King, 17 September 2008 |
| US
Department of State: Attack on Embassy Sana’a, Yemen |
| USAID
Adminstrator Announces $9 million in Aid to Haiti |
| Greek
delegation visits Kosovo in view of upcoming Greek OSCE Chairmanship |
| Japan:
The Eighth Round of Negotiations on the Japan-Switzerland
Economic Partnership Agreement |
| China,
US achieve positive results at bilateral trade talks |
| China-US
joint meeting on commerce, trade held in Los Angeles |
| UN
Secretary-General appoints Karin Landgren of Sweden Deputy
Special Representative, United Nations Mission in Nepal |
| UN
Secretary-General appoints Nicolas Michel of switzerland
special adviser, mediator of Equatorial Guinea-gabon border
dispute |
| UN
Security Council press statement on terrorist attack in Yemen |
| US
Department of State: Daily Press Briefing, 17 September 2008 |
| Greece:
Foreign Ministry Special Representative tours Latin American
countries to brief local governments on the FYROM name issue |
| Georgia:
Information on the visit of Minister of Foreign Affairs of
the Islamic Republic of Iran Manouchehr Mottaki to Georgia |
| US
President Bush meets with President Torrijos of Panama |
| UN:
Press Conference by outgoing general assembly President Srgjan
Kerim |
| Slovak
MFA condemns terrorist attack against US Embassy in Sanaa,
Yemen |
| FM:
Iran's Caucasus diplomacy is not a mediation act |
| Italy:
Minister Frattini visits Egypt |
| South
Africa: Memorial Service for the late South Africa’s
Deputy Ambassador to Washington, Derrick Moyo Thursday 18
Sept 2008 |
| OAS:
Assistant Secretary General leads OAS delegation to Barbados
for launch of negotiations on summit of the Americas declaration |
| Russia:
Press Statements following Signing of the Treaties on Friendship,
Cooperation and Mutual Assistance with the Republics of Abkhazia
and South Ossetia |
| UN
Secretary-General strongly condemns bombing of United States
embassy in yemen |
| Attack
on US Embassy in Yemen |
| Iran:
Navy commander announces full border defense readiness |
| Russia:
Speech at Meeting of the Russian Security Council on Protecting
Russia’s National Interests in the Arctic |
| UN:
General Assembly President pledges to work for stronger assembly,
more democratic United Nations, as sixty-third session opens |
| USTDA
awards grant for investment promotion in Morocco's oil and
gas sector |
| Yemen,
Oman discuss establishing anti piracy regional center |
| Armenia:
President Serzh Sargsyan received the President of the German “Cronimet” Company,
Armenia’s Honorary Council in Baden-Württemberg,
Günter Pilarsky and his delegation |
| UK:
Qatari initiative on Darfur |
| Palestine:
PM Abbas told Olmert, Partial Solution Unacceptable |
| Switzerland:
Montreux Document on Private Military and Security Companies |
| Russia
signed Treaties on Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance
with the Republic of Abkhazia and the Republic of South Ossetia
today in the Kremlin |
| UN:
Press Conference by President of Sixty-Third General Assembly |
| Yemen,
European Union review financial, economic reforms |
| US
Department of State: Daily Press Briefing, 16 September 2008 |
| Bosnia:
Monitoring activities in negotiations with the European Union
Bianca Matkovic met with the EU coordinators |
| Armenian
Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian meets with Matthew Bryza,
Deputy Assistant |
| Israel
and Russia sign agreement canceling tourist visa requirement |
| Bulgaria
and Latvia will coordinate their stands on key issues in
the EU |
| Solana
and Lajcák meet Špiric: BiH must focus on EU
priorities |
| Poland:
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Radoslaw Sikorski, meets
Minister-President of Saxony, Mr Stanislaw Tillich |
| China:
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Jiang Yu's Regular Press Conference
on 16 September 2008 |
| Turkmenistan:
Telephone conversation between the leaders of Turkmenistan
and Uzbekistan |
| India:
On the visit of Minister of State Shri Anand Sharma to Hungary |
| Russia:
Meeting of the Collegium of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of Russia |
| Iran:
Larijani said Hamas leader complains anti-Hamas scheme of
Arab states |
| Azerbaijan:
President Aliyev, Russian Premier Putin meet |
| Russia:
Response by the Russian MFA Information and Press Department
to a Media Question about the Outcome of the Visit to Georgia
by the North Atlantic Council |
| Vietnam:
Vice National Assembly Chairman visits Belgium |
| India:
Briefing by Foreign Secretary Shri Shivshankar Menon on the
official visit of Prime Minister of Nepal to India |
| Russia:
Article of Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov, “The
World in Search of a New Equilibrium,” Published in
NG-Dipkuryer on September 15, 2008 |
| Egypt
welcomes Lebanon national dialogue |
| Syria:
President al-Assad Discusses with Moratinos Syrian-Spanish
Relations, Press conference |
| Lithuania:
NATO-Georgia commission was established in Tbilisi |
| UN:
Daily Press Briefing, 16 September 2008 |
| DOD:
US Secretary of Defense Gates Offers Personal Regrets for
Afghan Civilian Casualties |
| Lithuanian
Foreign Minister said the EU's position on Georgia's territorial
integrity remains clear and unambiguous |
| France:
IAEA Director General’s Report on Iran, 16 September
2008 |
| Georgian
crisis: EY MEPs review the situation with French minister
Jouyet |
| Vietnam:
Koreas to discuss energy aid under six-party deal |
| ASEAN – GCC
to Elevate Relations to Regular Ministerial Meetings |
| Malta:
EU-Libya Negociations |
| Russia:
Official Visit to the Russian Federation of the Deputy Prime
Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam, Pham Gia Khiem |
| China:
Zhang Dejiang Holds Talks with Macedonian President Crvenkovski |
| Macedonia:
President Crvenkovski meets with NATO Allied Joint Force
Command Commander Mark Fitzgerald |
| DOD:
Russia-Georgia Rift Prompts Questions about NATO’s Future
Role |
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