4/29/2016 - 17:25 (VOVworld) – Israel has officially rejected France’s peace initiative to restart the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. The Israeli Prime Minister’s office announced Thursday that the best way to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is direct bilateral negotiations without preconditions. More 12/3/2015 - 18:31 (VOvworld) - Spain’s foreign minister has said the European Union will likely extend its economic sanctions imposed on Russia for another six months. Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo said on Wednesday that EU members have reached a general consensus on the decision, which came about due to non-compliance with the Minsk agreement. More 11/30/2015 - 17:38 (VOVworld) – The UN climate summit COP 21 opened in Paris Sunday. A minute of silence was observed for Paris terrorist attack victims, More 11/14/2015 - 16:15 (VOVworld)- On Saturday, the spokesperson for Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry Le Hai … [Read more...] about French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius
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Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif
1/19/2017 - 16:29 (VOVworld) – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Wednesday that Tehran is open to economic relations with the US, despite their political differences. More 12/8/2016 - 16:35 (VOVworld) – Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida says that Japan will give Iran 2.2 million USD to bolster nuclear safety and help Iran honor its historic nuclear deal with the West. More 11/11/2016 - 16:57 (VOVworld) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif declared Thursday that Iran wants all parties to stay committed to the international nuclear agreement reached last year, adding that Iran has options if the deal fails. More 6/16/2016 - 17:24 (VOVworld) – US Secretary of State John Kerry met with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif in Norway on Wednesday to discuss Tehean’s complaints that it’s not getting sanctions relief under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) reached between … [Read more...] about Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif
P5+1 Foreign Ministers hold more nuclear talks in Vienna
(VOVworld) – Foreign ministers from the P5+1 group held a meeting in Vienna on Monday, one day before the extended July deadline for reaching a final nuclear deal. Remaining issues include the timetable for lifting sanctions and access to Iran’s military bases. An Iranian official said the fate of the nuclear talks is in the hands of the foreign ministers. The Iranian official said that although the negotiations have made a lot of progress, there are tough issues which were not resolved at the expert level or the deputy minister level. He insisted that Iran has already made numerous concessions to the world powers’ demands; all parties should act with their goodwill. … [Read more...] about P5+1 Foreign Ministers hold more nuclear talks in Vienna
Arab, European Foreign Ministers discuss Syria, Palestine
Latest developments in Syria and Palestine has been the topic of a meeting between Arab and European Foreign Ministers at the Arab League headquarter in Cairo, Egypt. At yesterday's meeting, Secretary General of the Arab League Nabil al-Arabi once again welcomed the establishment of "The National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces". He urged European countries to support Palestine's bid for observer status at the United Nation. Arabi also stressed the goal of "Arab-Europe cooperation promotion". The Foreign Minister of Lebannon Adnan Mansour said that the world should strengthen cooperation to solve Syria crisis and maintain peace and security in Syria as well as the whole region. French Foreign Minister Lauren Fabius called on world's powers to acknowledge the opposition alliance in Syria. UK Foreign Minister William Hague said that "the establishment of the new alliance is an important milestone", but not enough for being fully-recognized as a representative … [Read more...] about Arab, European Foreign Ministers discuss Syria, Palestine
Iraqi foreign minister walks out of Libya meeting
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari briefly walked out Thursday of an Arab League ministerial meeting held in Libya to protest against Moammar Gadhafi's declared support for Saddam Hussein loyalists, delegates said. They said Zebari stormed out after he told his Arab peers that his government was angry over public comments by Gadhafi pledging support to a group of Saddam loyalists he met in Libya earlier this week. The group included senior commanders of Iraq's Saddam-era army and officials from his outlawed Baath Party. On Wednesday, Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh condemned Gadhafi's Sunday meeting with the 29 Saddam loyalists, describing the move as "undiplomatic" and an "insult" to the people of Iraq. Iraq's post-Saddam governments are particularly sensitive to any contacts between foreign governments and Saddam loyalists. It views such meetings as an attempt to undermine their legitimacy and casting doubt on the right of the country's Shiite Muslim majority to be the … [Read more...] about Iraqi foreign minister walks out of Libya meeting