National Security Council

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an said April 22 that he did not expect the U.S. President Barack Obama to use the word ?genocide? in a statement to mark the 100th anniversary of the killing of Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman Empire. 

"Washington expects long-term confrontation with Russia"

ROME, MOSCOW -- The U.S. "expects the ongoing confrontation with Russia to continue until at least 2024 and involve many directions," RT is reporting.

The White House avoided referring to the World War I killings of Armenians as genocide on April 21, as a diplomatic row raged ahead of the tragedy?s 100th anniversary.

White House chief of staff Denis McDonough and one of President Barack Obama?s top foreign policy advisors hosted Armenian American leaders at the White House to discuss the centennial.

BELGRADE - A well-regulated security sector is one of the most important elements for good functioning of a country as a whole, Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Ivica Dacic said opening the conference on security sector management and reform.

The international community has condemned the slaughter of at least 28 Ethiopian Christians in an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) video, with Ethiopia confirming that the victims were its citizens. 

BELGRADE - As part of Serbian OSCE Chairmanship, an OSCE-wide conference on security sector governance and reform will be held in Belgrade on Tuesday, the Serbian Interior Ministry said in a release.

BELGRADE - The Serbian parliament Security Services Control Committee said on Thursday that nobody in the Defence Ministry and the Military Security Agency (MSA) issued instructions or orders to MSA members to gather information and findings about political party activities.

The United States announced on March 31 it was lifting its hold on the supply of military equipment to Egypt, which was frozen when the military took power in Cairo nearly two years ago.
   

A new pro-Russian party called Zmiana, which means "change", emerged on the political scene in Poland.

The party, which has a strong anti-US orientation, supports Russian President Vladimir Putin's policies and sees Russia as natural ally for both Poland and the EU, EUobserver reports.

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli has called on President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an to voice his justification for why he did not find the country?s top intelligence official?s transition to the political stage appropriate.