German foreign minister to visit Serbia for Kosovo talks February 23, 2012 - 15:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle was due to visit Belgrade Thursday, February 23 and press Serbian authorities to move forward in talks with Kosovo and comply with terms the European Union laid out for it to become a membership candidate. During Westerwelle's short stop in Belgrade, he is due to meet President Boris Tadic, the foreign ministry said in Berlin. As M&C reported citing DPA, the visit comes amid wrangling within the EU over whether Serbia should be formally recognized as a membership candidate. The EU postponed that decision from December to March, giving Serbia more time to make progress in talks with Kosovo. The talks, facilitated by the EU since March 2011, resumed Wednesday in Brussels after an interruption of several months. The EU wants Serbia to begin normalizing relations with its mostly ethnically Albanian former province, which declared independence four years ago.  Top stories European Parliament urges EU member states to consider sanctions against those responsible for human rights violations. NAM is an international organization of states considering themselves not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. Bud's maximum sustained winds have increased to near 90 mph with some more strengthening expected during the day. Catherine Ashton's spokesman, Mike Mann, called the negotiations "tough," but said that "some progress was made."   |  Latest news Over 100 trespassers detained in Armenia in January-May  Russian border guards seized 50 firearms, bladed weapons and 300 thous. rubles worth contraband in January-May.Conference participants at Institute of CIS States back Artsakh’s stance The NKR was represented at the round table by Advisers to Foreign Minister Ruben Zargarian and Arsen Melik-Shakhnazarian.Shoushi liberation anniversary celebrated in France Armenian ambassador to France Vigen Chitechyan answered Armenian foreign and domestic policy related questions.Armenian ambassador to China participates in ESCAP meeting Armen Sargsyan participated in meeting of UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok. |
