Libya

A Romanian and a Greek crewman were killed in Libya, after a missile fired by an unidentified fighter jet exploded on board their ship, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed on Monday at the request of AGERPRES.

Photo credit: (c) LIVIU SOVA / AGERPRES ARCHIVE

The air force of Libya's internationally recognised government said Monday that it carried out a deadly weekend air strike on an oil tanker in the Islamist-held eastern port of Derna.
      
The air force opened fire "after the crew refused to heed orders to stop for a search operation" spokesman Colonel Ahmed Mesmari said, describing the tanker as "suspicious".
      

2 dead as Greek tanker is bombed by "unidentified warplane"

ATHENS -- Greek authorities announced on Monday that an unidentified warplane bombed a Greek tanker in Libya and that two crew members were killed and two others injured.

A Greek sailor has been killed after a tanker he was working on was bombed at the port of Derna in Libya on Sunday, according to the Merchant Marine Ministry.

"Citizens should decide on Montenegro's NATO membership"

PODGORICA -- Russia's ambassador to Montenegro says it would be democratic to include citizens in the decision making process on Montenegro's NATO membership.

Andrei Nesterenko also spoke against the argument that membership in the military alliance "means more democracy."

Turkey should look after the 290 Uighur Turks who are being kept in a camp in Thailand and face the possibility of being executed if returned to China, said the president of the World Uighur Congress (WUC) Rebiya Kadeer.

Qatar and Turkey, whose bilateral and regional cooperation has become remarkably more visible in recent years, have taken yet another assertive step to deepen their bilateral relations, signing a series of agreements in Ankara, including a joint memorandum to found a "Supreme Strategic Committee."

The list assembled annually by the economic and financial magazine shows that Montenegro has fallen four places compared to 2013, although it is still ahead of a number of European Union member countries, such as Greece, which is in 51st place.

Secretary of state for European Affairs with the Romanian Foreign Affairs Ministry (MAE), George Ciamba on Monday told the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) reunion in Brussels that it is necessary a consistent support for Turkey and Lebanon in particular in managing the Syrian refugees' situation.

State Secretary for European Affairs with the Romanian Foreign Ministry (MAE) George Ciamba will be attending a meeting of the European Union's Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels over Dec. 14-15, MAE informs in a release on Sunday.