Tag: Envoys

Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas gathered his top diplomats in Istanbul on Saturday, rallying them on their quest for statehood as he accused Israel of...

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem warned the French and US ambassadors on Wednesday not to travel outside Damascus after they both visited the flashpoint...

ISLAMABAD - The seriousness of the PPP-led coalition government in handling the country's foreign affairs could be gauged from the fact that 15 out of the total 32 ambassadors appointed in 2009-10 were non-career or handpicked people.
The foreign ministry documents available to Pakistan Today revealed that during 2009-10, 32 career/non-career ambassadors and high commissioners were appointed at the Pakistan missions abroad.
"The appointment of handpicked contract

TEHRAN - Iran opened the doors of its two atomic facilities to foreign diplomats Saturday, in a rare move to drum up support just days before talks with world powers about its sensitive nuclear programme.
The two-day tour to the heavy water installation in Arak and the main uranium enrichment facility at Natanz - both located in central Iran - was snubbed by Tehran's key allies China and Russia, as well as the European Union.
Iran had invited several envoys to the

SOFIA: Prime Minister Boiko Borisov called on Wednesday for the sacking of 45 top diplomats identified by an historical commission as having been secret police agents under pre-1990 communist rule.
The commission said diplomats including the current Bulgarian ambassadors in London, Berlin, Rome, Tokyo and Moscow collaborated with the feared former Darzhavna Sigurnost security service when the Balkan country was a Soviet satellite.
Half of Bulgaria's ambassadors to European

NEW DELHI: The Indian government made an official protest to Washington on Saturday over the security frisking of its envoy at a US airport and hinted it could lead to tit-for-tat action, a report said.
Donald Lu, deputy chief of the US embassy in New Delhi, was summoned to the Indian foreign ministry, the Press Trust of India (PTI) quoted officials as saying.
Lu was told the airport check was "contrary to the normal diplomatic practice and inconsistent with the excellent

FAISALABAD: Jamil Fakhri, one of the legends of Pakistan, a great PTV artiste of the past and recipient of various awards, including Pride of Performance, made head lines this week when all the newspapers and TV channels carried his heart-wrenching appeal seeking the government's help to trace his missing son, Ayaz Fakhri, who disappeared in America some 22 months back.
Our frontline political figures were first to shed crocodile tears over the plight of the family to gain cheap