Dominican president: speculators to blame for soaring oil price

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Speculation and oil contracts for the future are the major causes of the current oil price hike, Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez said Sunday at the 5th PetroCaribe summit. Fernandez said that currently there are 860,00 ...

Venezuelan president to visit Russia

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is to pay a working visit to Russia next week, Interfax news agency reported on Monday. "It is expected that Chavez will fly to Moscow on July 21," a diplomatic source in Moscow was quoted as saying. ...

Syria to invite Lebanese president to visit Damascus

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem is expected to travel to Beirut within the coming two days, carrying an official invitation to Lebanese President Michel Suleiman to visit Syria, local As-Safier daily reported Monday. Presi ...

Syria-Lebanon ties move ahead, but variable factors remain

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Syria and Lebanon have agreed to establish diplomatic ties for the first time since their independence in the 1940s, French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced Saturday on the sidelines of the Summit of the Union for the Mediterranean after ...

Lebanese president says to regain Shebaa Farms mainly through diplomacy

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman said to get back the occupied Shebaa Farms from Israel would be through diplomatic means, but he did not rule out the possibility of military operations in case of diplomatic failure, local Al-Anwar daily ...

Indonesian president calls for broadened support for Palestine independence

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Indonesia called upon Asian and African countries to broaden the support for the struggle of Palestinian independence and help the Palestinian people achieve their goal in a concrete manner, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono sa ...

Kremlin: Italian president to visit Russia

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano will make an official visit to Russia this week, the Kremlin said on Monday. Napolitano will visit Russia from Tuesday to Friday at the invitation of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Th ...

Chavez calls Colombian defense minister "obstacle" to bilateral ties

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday described Colombia's defense minister as an "obstacle" to bilateral relations, asking the military chief to be put "in his place." Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos said earlier ...