Sultan Qaboos in Iran; focus on mediationOman's Sultan Qaboos on Sunday began the first visit to Iran by a foreign leader since moderate President Hassan Rouhani took office and Iranian media said his trip might be an effort to mediate between Tehran and Washington. More… |
US envoy leaves Cairo after talks declared overA senior U.S. diplomat involved in trying to mediate an end to Egypt's political crisis left the country on Wednesday, Cairo airport officials said, after the Egyptian government declared that diplomatic efforts had failed. U. More… |
Swiss offer to mediate in N Korea crisisSwitzerland has offered to mediate with North Korea as tension rises on the Korean peninsula following UN sanctions imposed in response to a North Korean nuclear weapon test in February. The Swiss foreign ministry recently made co More… |
Iran rapped over mediation claimA top Iranian diplomat has been summoned over allegations that Tehran has spread false information about Bahrain. Foreign Affairs Ministry has slammed continuing Iranian claims questioning its sovereignty and independence, followi More… |
GCC meet to review Yemen mediationGulf foreign ministers meet in Saudi Arabia on Sunday to see whether an offer to mediate in Yemen's political crisis has a chance of success after a war of words between Qatar and President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Saleh init More… |
Bahrain denies Kuwait mediation moveBahrain's foreign minister said on Monday it was 'completely untrue' that Kuwait would mediate to resolve Bahrain's political crisis. The kingdom's leading opposition group Wefaq said on Sunday it would accept an offer More… |
Saudi says Lebanon situation 'dangerous'Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday it had abandoned mediation efforts in Lebanon between Shi'ite Hezbollah and Sunni leader Saad Al-Hariri over the killing of his father and warned that the country's future was at stake. Regional power Saudi A More… |
Iran agrees 'in principle' to Brazil's mediationIranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has agreed "in principle" to Brazil's mediation over a stalled UN-backed nuclear fuel deal, the semi-official Fars news agency said on Wednesday. "In a telephone conversation with his Venezuelan counte More… |