Italy asks EU for extraordinary meeting on Libya, Iraq, Gaza August 11, 2014 - 19:30 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Italy's foreign minister said she had asked the European Union's foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, for an extraordinary meeting of EU foreign ministers to discuss support for Iraqi Kurds and the fighting in Libya and Gaza, according to Reuters. Italy holds the rotating presidency of the EU, and Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini is Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's candidate to take the Ashton's job. She made her comments in an interview with RAI state radio on Monday. French Finance Minister Laurent Fabius, who visited Iraq on Sunday and met Kurdish regional president Masoud Barzani, also wrote to Ashton urging an urgent EU meeting, in response to Kurdish appeals for humanitarian aid and arms, his ministry said in a statement. During the same interview, Mogherini said Italy would support Iraqi Kurds fighting Islamists. "I'm not talking about a military intervention, but an act of support for the military of the independent government of Iraqi Kurdistan," she said, calling stopping the advance of Islamic State militants an "absolute necessity". The United States has carried out three days of air strikes against Islamic State militants, who have seized a swath of northern Iraq. International pressure is mounting on other countries to help out.  Top stories Michael Carpenter “hailed the level of cooperation in defense sector between Azerbaijan and the United States,” Azeri media reported. The Israeli military said its aircraft attacked targets in Syria hours after a mortar bomb from fighting in Syria struck the Golan Heights. Transnistria does not share a border with Russia. It has been de facto independent since the 1990s but is not internationally recognised. Eight-seat Beechcraft planes will carry passengers to the Black Sea city of Batumi and the highland regions of Kazbegi and Svaneti.   Partner news |  Latest news Less people bought an iPhone 7 than 6S, report suggests  The unverified report is said to be based on data in Europe and Asia, and has led to Apple shares dropping after the news broke.Google “looking to merge its Android and Chrome Operating Systems” Combining Chrome OS and Android means Google can target even more devices with its mobile platform.Latvia selects “Dawn” for foreign-language Oscars category Latvia first submitted a film to the Academy Awards in 1992 and has done so most years since 2008, but has never been shortlisted.Forest of Hope opens in Canada to commemorate Armenian Genocide The park was designed by Haig Seferian and consists of 100 different trees, with different blooming time throughout the year. |
