Foreign Affairs Committee

Worried about a draft resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives that recognizes the 1915 killings of Ottoman Armenians as genocide, a group of Turkish politicians have set out for Washington to ensure that the resolution does not pass.

Parliament Speaker Cemil Çiçek arrived in Washington and is expected to meet his counterpart at the House of Representatives on March 25.

He might have maintained his diplomatic grace, but veteran French politician Pierre Lellouche left no room for doubt in expressing his view that there is a strong need for a rebuilding of trust between Turkey and its allies in the fight against jihadists in Syria and Iraq.

Serbian ambassador to U.S. presents credentials

WASHINGTON -- Serbia's Ambassador to the United States Djerdj Matkovic has presented his credentials to U.S. President Barack Obama.

This was announced on the website of the Serbian diplomatic mission in Washington

BELGRADE - Serbia's Ambassador to the United States Djerdj Matkovic has presented his credentials to US President Barack Obama, the Serbian diplomatic mission in Washington has said on its website.

Before leaving for Washington, Matkovic, a long-time diplomat, served as Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic's special adviser.

"Croatia will block Serbia at cost of self-isolation"

BRUSSELS -- Croatia has suffered a defeat in the EP in its efforts to use amendments to a resolution on Serbia to impose conditions for the country's EU integration.

EP committee adopts draft on Kosovo

BRUSSELS -- The EP Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday asked authorities in Kosovo to show "strong commitment" to strengthen the rule of law.

Pristina is also asked to commit to fighting corruption and organized crime on all levels, and to set up a war crimes court headquartered outside of Kosovo.

EP: Most Croatian amendments rejected

BRUSSELS -- The demands of Croat MEPs to add a series of requirements related to the country's unresolved issues with Serbia to an EP resolution have mostly been rejected.

Most of these amendments either failed to pass "procedural filters" or have been watered down, Tanjug reported, after seeing the text of the harmonized amendments.

BELGRADE - Belarusian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Alena Kupchyna has visited the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia to discuss with its officials ways to strengthen the cooperation between the two countries.

Turkish-U.S. relations have survived many tests on the Armenian issue before.

"Russia wants to build base in Montenegro"

PODGORICA -- U.S. Senator Christopher Murphy says Russia is offering Montenegro "billions of dollars to build a military base there."

Meantime, "Montenegro is rejecting such an offer for the sake of its membership in NATO and the EU," he added.