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Stories in this section cover the EU-27 countries plus the UK, Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Andorra and the Balkan Countries (Albania, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia).

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From Blighty with love – UK charm offensive in Central Asia is well thought through

From Blighty with love – UK charm offensive in Central Asia is well thought through

UK Foreign Secretary, Lord Cameron, conducted a whirlwind tour of the five Central Asian countries and Mongolia in the last days, visiting countries that had never before been visited by a British Foreign Secretary. There is very little you can do on a trip like this when you are in a country for one day, sometimes for a few hours. But this visit was well prepared and was part of a well-thought-through British strategy to engage with Central Asia.

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NATO and Turkey continue to need each other
NATO and Turkey continue to need each other

NATO and Turkey continue to need each other

Commentary: Benyamin Poghosyan discusses current difficulties between Turkey and some of the member states of NATO, but argues that Turkey and the Atlantic alliance share vital common interests, and any action that will seriously jeopardise Turkey-NATO relations is unlikely.
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Progress reported in EU-Azerbaijan discussions

Progress reported in EU-Azerbaijan discussions

A statement by the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said the two sides expressed hope that talks on a new partnership agreement will be successfully concluded ahead of the next summit of the EU Eastern Partnership countries scheduled for later this year.
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Minsk Group co-Chair in Karabakh

Minsk Group co-Chair in Karabakh

The diplomats representing the three co-chair countries of the OSCE Minsk Group held discussions on Monday with the President of the self-declared nagorno-karabakh Republic, Bako Sahakian, in Stepanakert