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MUNICH - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on the sidelines of the Security Conference in Munich, and said that Serbia maintains good relations with NATO through the participation in the program 'Partnership for Peace'.

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Feb. 6 described his country's apology to Turkey as an "enormous mistake," in reference to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to express "regret" in 2013 for a deadly incident in 2010 in which ten Turks were killed by Israeli commandos.

MUNICH - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic met in Munich Friday with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and spoke with him about bilateral relations, economic cooperation and investments in Serbia.

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic will take part in the 51st Munich Security Conference on February 7-8 in the capacity of the OSCE chairperson, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs released in a statement on Friday.

According to the statements made by White House spokesman Josh Earnest on Thursday, U.S. President Barack Obama is in "close contact" with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on a number of issues, including Greece.

Vucic to attend Munich Security Conference

BELGRADE -- Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will visit Munich on February 6 and 7 and attend the Munich Security Conference.

Minsk signatories "urged to return to talks"

VIENNA, BELGRADE -- OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Ivica Dacic has reiterated his call to all sides in the Ukrainian conflict to return to the negotiating table.

Iranian officials will meet with European members of the P5+1 group in Istanbul on Thursday under the ongoing diplomatic effort to secure a deal over Tehran's disputed nuclear programme.
      
The meeting with British, French and German diplomats was announced by Iran's foreign ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham during a weekly press briefing in Tehran.
      

More than 17,000 anti-racism demonstrators took to the streets in several German cities on Jan. 19 to voice opposition to the PEGIDA anti-Islamic movement, whose own weekly rally was cancelled over a terrorism threat.
      
The counter-protests drew smaller crowds than last week, when some 100,000 people called for tolerance nationwide.
      

 Head of the Institute for Economic Research argues eurozone should allow Greece orderly temporary departure

By Xenia Kounalaki