By Tabassum Zakaria Reuters November 7, 2007 MOUNT VERNON, Virginia (Reuters) – The U.S. and French presidents forged a common front against Iran’s nuclear ambitions on Wednesday, signaling a further warming of once-chilly relations between Washington and Paris. Sarkozy, who has won U.S. praise for taking a stronger stand against Iran than his predecessor, Jacques […]
BBC News November 2, 2007 The US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, has said Turkey and the United States share a common enemy in the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Turkey’s Foreign Minister, Ali Babacan, said Ms Rice’s visit marked the start of close co-operation between the Nato allies, but also called for concrete steps forward: […]
BBC News November 1, 2007 Russia has rejected Western criticism over the number of foreign observers invited to December’s general election. While the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe claims that the curbs on monitors are unprecedented, Russia’s Central Election Commission head Vladimir Churov said 70 monitors would be enough for democratic elections to […]
By Daniel Dombey in Washington and Vincent Boland in Istanbul Financial Times November 1, 2007 The US is to offer Turkey a package of measures to dissuade Ankara from mounting a large-scale military incursion into Iraq to attack PKK Kurdish guerrillas, who have killed scores of Turkish soldiers in recent weeks. The meeting between Mr […]
By Dan Bilefsky International Herald Tribune October 28, 2007 In recent weeks, it has seemed as if a mirror has inverted the two sides of the English Channel: France has cast itself as America’s new best friend while Britain, America’s special buddy, behaves like an embarrassed relation… more