Foreign Ministry

The visa regime for short-term stay of up to 90 days in Bulgaria for Russian nationals will remain in place.

On Wednesday Bulgaria's parliamentary economic policy and tourism committee voted down a proposal of nationalist party Ataka to lift the visa requirements for Russian nationals due to the projected decrease in the number of tourists from that country in the summer season.

China said on Tuesday it hopes Greece gets out of its debt crisis at an early date.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang made the comment at a regular news briefing.

Greece took a step back from the brink on Monday by presenting new budget proposals that eurozone leaders welcomed as a basis for a possible agreement to unlock frozen aid and avert a looming default.

It will soon be clear, perhaps within weeks, whether a coalition government will be formed in Turkey, preventing the country from being dragged to another election this year.

The German government on June 22 played down the chances of a prominent Al Jazeera journalist held in Berlin since the weekend being extradited to Egypt, citing concerns about the Egyptian legal process.

EU foreign ministers agreed Monday to back the extension of economic measures imposed on Russia until June of next year.

This is a six-month addition to measures which would have otherwise expired at the and of January 2016.

EU has extended economic sanctions against Russia until 31 January 2016, with a view to complete implementation of Minsk agreement.

Ankara ?will not permit its red lines to be crossed? in northern Syria after a key town on the Turkish border was captured by Kurdish forces from extremist jihadists, warning Kurds not to force Turkmens and Arabs out of the region.

During a recent meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an delivered a report about human rights violations against Crimean Tatars, drafted by an unofficial Turkish delegation who visited the region. 

Death sentences against Egypt?s deposed President Mohamed Morsi and leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood are a ?massacre of law and basic rights,? Turkish President Tayyip Erdo?an said on Une 16 as he called for action.  

Senior executives of opposition parties have indicated unwillingness to respond positively to President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an?s expected invitation to hold separate meetings with the leaders of the four parties that have entered parliament.

Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmu? said Turkey has up to now allowed crossings of Syrians through Akçakale, but it will no longer let them enter and will henceforth stop their crossing, as ?there is no longer a humanitarian tragedy.?