Asia Europe International

Iran : Time and political will to seal agreement, Foreign Minister Zarif

Iran has claimed that positive results have been gained from their discussions with the EU’s diplomatic Chief Catherine Ashton. Iran’s nuclear program has always been suspicious under the eyes of some regional countries and the West.  Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Tehran is “determined to find a solution that respects the rights of the […]

Africa Europe Features International

EU and France to Dispatch More Forces to CAR

First Paris and then Brussels announced last Friday (14 February) that they would boost their peace-keeping forces in the strife-torn Central African Republic. Following a meeting of the national Defence Council at the Elysée Palace, France announced it would deploy 400 more soldiers and gendarmes, bringing its total forces in its former colony to 2,000. […]

Egypt Features Headlines

Egypt: US congress delegation issues warning

Shortly after EU’s Catherine Ashton announced that she had an open and frank discussion with Mursi, the White House is planning to send John McCain and Lindsey Graham to meet Egyptian officials as early as next week. Both of them are republican senators for Arizona and South Carolina respectively. They have also met members of […]

Features Headlines Morocco

Asthon: Morocco is key EU partner

The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs, Catherine Ashton has described Morocco as “a key partner of the European Union” and hailed the constructive role played by the North African nation on the international scene “to resolve instability in the Sahel and in Syria”. Ashton, who met lately in Brussels with Moroccan […]