Posts Tagged ‘foreign-minister’

West ‘seeks to dismember’ Syria

Monday, September 26th, 2011

The Western nations are trying to create “total chaos” to break up Syria, the country’s foreign minister tells the United Nations.

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West ‘seeks to dismember’ Syria

West ‘seeks to dismember’ Syria

Monday, September 26th, 2011

The Western nations are trying to create “total chaos” to break up Syria, the country’s foreign minister tells the United Nations.

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West ‘seeks to dismember’ Syria

Australian FM in Vegemite battle

Monday, September 19th, 2011

Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd does some fast talking to get a suspicious liquid – a jar of Vegemite – onto a US-bound plane.

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Australian FM in Vegemite battle

Turkey Predicts Partnership With Egypt as Regional Anchors

Monday, September 19th, 2011

Turkey’s foreign minister offered his vision of a new order for the Arab world, where the country’s former allies in Syria and Israel fall into deeper isolation.

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Turkey Predicts Partnership With Egypt as Regional Anchors

Niger ‘cannot close’ Libya border

Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

Niger’s foreign minister says his country’s border with Libya cannot be closed to prevent fugitive Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi fleeing south.

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Niger ‘cannot close’ Libya border

VIDEO: Megrahi release was ‘over BP oil deal’

Tuesday, September 6th, 2011

The former Libyan foreign minister has claimed that the release of Abdul Baset Ali Al Megrahi two years ago was discussed with the British government and linked to a big contract for the oil company BP.

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VIDEO: Megrahi release was ‘over BP oil deal’

Turkey Warns Syria to Stop Crackdown Immediately

Monday, August 15th, 2011

In the latest semantic exercise in diplomatic ambiguity, Turkey’s foreign minister warned Syria that unspecified steps would be taken if it refused to end its crackdown.

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Turkey Warns Syria to Stop Crackdown Immediately

Former Nepal FM dies on Everest

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

A former Nepalese foreign minister dies while trying to become the oldest person to climb Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain.

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Former Nepal FM dies on Everest

Egypt in Palestine appeal to US

Monday, May 2nd, 2011

The Egyptian foreign minister urges the US to support the declaration of an independent Palestinian state, in a significant change of policy.

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Egypt in Palestine appeal to US

Israel prepares Lieberman charges

Wednesday, April 13th, 2011

Israel’s attorney general is considering charging Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman with criminal corruption, the justice ministry says.

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Israel prepares Lieberman charges

Nato ‘not doing enough’ in Libya

Tuesday, April 12th, 2011

Nato’s air campaign is not doing enough to destroy heavy weaponry used by Muammar Gaddafi’s forces in Libya, France’s foreign minister says.

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Nato ‘not doing enough’ in Libya

Koussa interviewed over Lockerbie

Thursday, April 7th, 2011

Former Libyan foreign minister, Moussa Koussa, has been interviewed by Scottish police investigating the Lockerbie bombing, the BBC learns.

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Koussa interviewed over Lockerbie

Libyan Foreign Minister Arrives in U.K.

Thursday, March 31st, 2011

Libyan Foreign Minister Musa Kusa arrived in Britain Wednesday night, the most senior member of leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi’s government to defect. A close friend of Kusa’s said the foreign minister left the regime because of Gaddafi’s attacks on…

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Libyan Foreign Minister Arrives in U.K.

Italy Says Death Toll in Libya Is Likely Over 1,000

Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011

The Italian foreign minister Franco Frattini said he believed estimates that more than 1,000 Libyan civilians had been killed in clashes in recent days were accurate.

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Italy Says Death Toll in Libya Is Likely Over 1,000

New Tunisia furore grips France

Wednesday, February 16th, 2011

France’s Foreign Minister Michele Alliot-Marie defends a property deal between her parents and an associate of the ousted Tunisian president.

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New Tunisia furore grips France