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Kerry says US help will only work if Iraqi leaders unite
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said U.S. assistance to Iraq, which is seeking to repel a stunning militant advance, would only work if Iraqi leaders overcame deep divisions, the State Department said on June 14
Kerry spoke with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari in a call on Saturday, the State Department said in a statement.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Re-elected
Bashar al-Assad has won Syria's presidential election by a landslide, according to officials.
Assad has gained 88.7% of support in the first vote with multiple candidates held in the country for decades.
Hassan al-Nouri and Maher Hajjar, the other two candidates that stood for election, won 4.3 and 3.2 percent respectively, according to Al Jazeera English.
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Turkey’s Deputy PM meets US Secretary of State
Turkeyâs Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç met with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Warsaw during Polandâs celebration marking the 25th anniversary of the end of Communism on May 4.
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Top US diplomat’s special assistant to take Turkey post
The Obama administration has nominated John Bass, the former ambassador to Georgia and a special assistant to Secretary of State John Kerry, to replace the outgoing envoy Francis Ricciardone as the United Statesâ envoy to Ankara.
Bass needs the Senateâs approval to be appointed to the Turkey post. Ricciardoneâs tenure will end in July.
Kerry plans trips to Nicosia, Athens
US Secretary of State John Kerry confirmed on Tuesday that he will visit Cyprus in the coming weeks in a bid to contribute to a new United Nations-mediated effort to reunify the divided island.
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"Uncertain" if Montenegro will be invited to join NATO
"Uncertain" if Montenegro will be invited to join NATO
PODGORICA -- Montenegrin Foreign Minister Igor Lukšić says it is uncertain whether Montenegro will receive an invitation to join NATO, the Montenegrin government announced.
Putin 'Lives in His Own World,' Says US State Secretary
Russia's President Vladimir Putin "is creating his own reality, and his sort of world", the US State Secretary John Kerry said late on Monday.
His words, which he addressed in an interview for the Wall Street Journal, come in the midst of rhetoric reinforcement from both the West and Russia over the Ukrainian crisis.
US, Russia Exchange Harsh Rhetoric over Ukraine
US Secretary of State John Kerry said Russia was responsible for the "distraction, deception and destabilization" of events in eastern Ukraine.
Kerry hailed the record of Kiev's interim authorities, asserting they had been abiding by April 17's Geneva accord to wind down tensions in Ukraine.
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Lavrov, Kerry to Continue Talks on Crisis in Ukraine
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry agreed to continue contacts in the interests of the soonest normalization of the situation in Ukraine.
Ukraine, EU, Russia, US Strike Deal in Geneva
Participants in Geneva's four-way meeting have agreed on measures to wind down tensions in the east and south of Ukraine.
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