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Every weapon obtained by the People's Protection Units (YPG) constitutes a threat to Turkey, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on May 10, emphasizing Ankara's opposition to a U.S. deal to arming Syrian Kurdish fighters in the battle against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

About 100 experts have asked the state to form an independent team that would investigate all the harmful consequences from NATO's bombing of Serbia.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and British Prime Minister Theresa May held a phone conversation late on May 9, according to presidential sources.      

U.S. President Donald Trump has authorized arming the Syrian Kurdish Peoples' Protection Units (YPG) in Syria "as necessary to ensure a clear victory" in a planned assault to retake the city of Raqqa from Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Pentagon said on May 9, in a likely blow to U.S. ties with Turkey.

Photo: MoD of Montenegro

Montenegrin Prime Minister Dusko Markovic said after talks with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson that Montenegro will formally become a member of NATO on June 5, reported RTCG.

PM and President-elect Aleksandar Vucic has told TV Prva in an interview that Belgrade, too, would have "assistance from abroad" in the dialogue with Pristina.

Germany has granted political asylum to numerous Turkish military personnel and their families holding diplomatic passports, German media reported Monday, amid strained relations between the two NATO allies.

Moldova's President Dodon attended Russia's annual showpiece Victory Day parade on Tuesday, standing directly next to Vladimir Putin as Russia marked 72 years since the victory of the Soviet Army over Nazi Germany.

Dodon was the only head of state from the former Soviet republics to attend the event.

PM and President-elect Aleksandar Vucic has told TV Prva in an interview that Belgrade, too, would have "assistance from abroad" in the dialogue with Pristina.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on May 8 congratulated French President-elect Emmanuel Macron on his election victory, Turkish Presidency sources have said.        

The sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Erdoğan had a telephone conversation with Macron.