UN Security Council

Dacic to visit United States

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic, in the capacity of the Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), will visit the United States on 23-26 February, where he will take part in the activities of the UN and confer with US Secretary of State John Kerry.

Russia offers Iran new missiles despite sanctions

Russia has offered Iran advanced surface-to-air missiles after scrapping a similar deal in 2010 because of UN sanctions over Tehran's nuclear programme, the state defence company said on Feb. 23.
      
Any such a deal is likely to go down badly in Washington as Western countries seek to keep up the pressure on Iran to agree a comprehensive deal on its nuclear activities.

Yemen's Hadi challenges Shiite 'coup' after fleeing Sanaa

Yemen's beleaguered Western-backed president escaped house arrest and fled the capital to friendly territory Feb. 21, labelling as a coup the grab for power by the Shiite militia that had held him.
      
An aide said presidential guards had sneaked Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi out of his residence in Sanaa, and that he later made it to the main southern city of Aden.
      

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Klimkin Expects EU Police To Secure Peace in Donbas

Ukraine is resolved on pursuing its demand for a deployment of a peacekeeping mission in Donbas. It will most probably be followed by a police mission of the European Union.

The announcement was made by Ukraine's Foreign Minsister Pavel Klimkin in an interview with local TV station, as reported by Tass information agency.

Yemen parties close to a deal to end crisis: UN

Yemen's political parties are edging closer to a deal that would resolve the crisis caused by the Shiite Huthi militia seizing power, UN envoy Jamal Benomar has said.
      
Parties including the powerful Huthis have agreed on the "form of the legislative authority in the interim period", Benomar wrote on his Facebook page late Feb. 19.
      

Bulgarian Deputy PM Attends Forum on Countering Foreign Fighters

Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva participated at the ministerial meeting on countering foreign terrorist fighters, which was held in Washington on Wednesday.

The discussion is part of the three-day White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism (CVE), the government's press service reports.

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