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Imposing new anti-Russian measures is "a sore loser reaction by the outgoing U.S. administration to their candidate’s loss in the presidential race."

It also "reeks of hypocrisy as the U.S. meddles in other countries’ affairs all the time," former British Ambassador to Bahrain and Syria Peter Ford has told RT.

World leaders and other members of the international community have expressed their condolences and condemnation following the Dec. 17 car bomb attack in the Central Anatolian province of Kayseri which killed 14 soldiers and wounded 56 others.

The United States condemned the "cowardly attack," showing solidarity with the country against terror.

PM Aleksandar Vucic on Wednesday received US Ambassador to Serbia Kyle Scott, "who congratulated him on Serbia's progress on the EU integration path this year."

The diplomat also "reiterated that the U.S. administration fully supported the Serbian government in the reform process and European integration," Tanjug reported.

Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif called U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Nov. 30 to congratulate him on his victory. "You have a very good reputation. You are a terrific guy. You are doing amazing work which is visible in every way," Trump reportedly told Sharif.

The ongoing state of emergency and the crackdown on the Gülen movement after the failed coup attempt are generating uncertainties that are taking a toll on the Turkish economy, economist Selva Demiralp from Koç University in Istanbul has told the Hürriyet Daily News. 

Financial stability risk is rising in the euro zone and concerns may re-emerge about some countries' ability to sustain their debt, potentially raising pressure on the bloc's weakest sovereigns, the European Central Bank said on Nov. 24.

A Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs state secretary says he expects the new U.S. administration to have "a different stance" on Kosovo's admission to UNESCO.

Three  of Trump’s cabinet-in-waiting — vice-president-elect Mike Pence, secretary of foreign affairs contender, Newt Gringrich, and Michael Flynn, pegged for National Defense Council, all want to strengthen ties between Washington and Ankara.

It was difficult to grasp the issue at first. At the recent annual meeting of the Turkish-American Council held at one of Ritz Carlton's meeting rooms in Washington D.C., after a panel on defense cooperation, a State Department official approached a Turkish military official to say there had been a mistake and they would solve it. The Turkish official replied kindly.

The United States is continuing to talk with ally Turkey on the role it will play in the operation to seize the city of Raqqa, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant's (ISIL) main stronghold in Syria, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter said on Nov. 2.