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Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic expressed readiness to reduce his country's dependence on Russian gas.

Vucic said this in an interview during the first day of his visit to Albania on Wednesday and Thursday, B92 reports.

Vice President Joe Biden reassured Iraq's government on May 25 of US support in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), telephoning Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi with thanks for "the enormous sacrifice and bravery of Iraqi forces" one day after Defense Secretary Ash Carter questioned the Iraqi military commitment.
     

Amy and Philip Savopoulos, aged 47 and 46 years respectively, their 10-year-old son Philip and 57-year-old housekeeper from El Salvador were identified as the victims of the upscale Washington D.C. fire – not far from Joe Biden’s residence – on Thursday.

The apparent murder of a Greek-American business executive, his wife, 10-year-old son and their housekeeper inside a residence in one of Washington D.C.’s most exclusive neighborhoods shocked the US capital this week.

The unity of Iraq "is voluntary and not compulsory," the head of the country's semi-autonomous Kurdish region said on May 6, while stressing the Kurds had no immediate plans to break away from the central government in Baghdad.
   

US President Barack Obama met the head of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region at the White House on May 5, courting a vital ally on the frontline of the fight against Islamic militants.
 
Obama and Vice President Joe Biden met Massud Barzani to discuss the campaign to regain Iraqi territory lost to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). 
 

Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani will meet with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden during his visit to Washington next week, according to the U.S. State Department.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said his country will be able to meet EU accession criteria in up to 5 years.

In Poroshenko's words quoted by UNIAN news agency, integration into the 28-nation bloc is the government's main goal.

US President Barack Obama spoke with Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis on the sidelines of an event at the White House honoring Greece's Independence Day with the former stressing the need for flexibility from all sides in ongoing reform negotiations between Greece and its creditors, according to sources.

Not quite the Warholian "15 minutes", but Greek FinMin Yanis Varoufakis did hold a roughly 12-minute chat with host Barack Obama on Thursday afternoon (EST) during the annual White House event honoring Greek Independence Day.