NATO's Parliamentary Assembly

The presidents of Greece's bar associations plan to ask the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) to send observers to Turkey to monitor the situation regarding the two Greek soldiers that have been held in the border town of Edirne without charge since March.

A letter sent by the head of Turkey's delegation to NATO's Parliamentary Assembly, Ahmet Berat Conkar, to European Parliament President Antonio Tajani tacitly links the fate of two Greek soldiers detained in Turkey in early March to that of eight Turkish officers who fled to Greece in the wake of the 2016 botched coup.

Moldova asked the United Nations on Wednesday to discuss the withdrawal of Russian troops from the separatist region of Transnistria at the upcoming 72nd session of the General Assembly.

The Moldovan Ambassador to the UN, Victor Moraru, forwarded a letter from his government that calls the presence of Russian troops in Transnistria a threat to international peace and security.

Serbia remains militarily neutral, and will continue cooperation with NATO through Partnership for Peace.

Deputy President of the National Assembly of Serbia Veroljub Arsic said this on Monday in Belgrade, during a meeting with a delegation of NATO's Parliamentary Assembly (PA).

Turkish President Recep Erdogan has called on NATO to cooperate with Ankara in combating terrorism, reported BNT.

NATO's Parliamentary Assembly is taking place in Istanbul. Erdogan stated that Turkey represents a barrier between terrorist organisations and the rest of the world, mostly Europe.

Actually, the tension is not only between Turkey and Russia but between the NATO alliance and Russia. NATO's Parliamentary Assembly urged its 28 members on May 30, after sessions in Tirana, to stand up to Russia's military "assertiveness" and "to provide reassurance" to those allies who feel their security is under threat, "focusing on the eastern and southern flanks of the alliance."

NATO's Parliamentary Assembly at its spring session in Budapest on Monday approved a declaration recommending member states to "demonstrate commitment" to the open door policy and decide on Montenegro's membership invitation by the end of 2015.