Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Press Releases (2006)

December
--12/29/06  Northern Ireland: Sinn Fein Support for Policing
--12/19/06  CEFTA: Bucharest Signing of New Central European Free Trade Agreement
--12/13/06  President Bush to Welcome European Commission President Jose Barroso
--12/04/06  U.S.-Ukraine Science and Technology Agreement Signed

November
--11/21/06  Bosnia and Herzegovina: 11th Anniversary of the Dayton Peace Accords
--11/13/06  The European Union Extends Sanctions to Uzbekistan
--11/08/06  Rejecting the "Independence Referendum" and Elections in Georgia’s South Ossetia Region
--11/06/06  Turkey: Death of Former Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit

October
--10/26/06  Initial Meeting of the US-Russia Led Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, October 30-31, 2006
--10/23/06  U.S. Delegation to Commemorate the 1956 Hungarian Revolution; U.S. Embassy; Budapest, Hungary
--10/18/06  50th Anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution: A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America
--10/16/06  Secretary’s Travel to East Asia and Russia
--10/13/06  Northern Ireland: Power Sharing Agreement
--10/11/06  Joint Understanding between the Governments of the United States of America and the Republic of Iceland
--10/07/06  Russia: Murder of Journalist Anna Politkovskaya
--10/05/06  NATO Assumes Military Command in Afghanistan
--10/02/06  Georgia: Turnover of Russians to OSCE

September
--09/29/06  Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime
--09/29/06  Macedonia Completes Landmine Clearance
--09/26/06  Iceland: End of Permanent Stationing of US Military Forces
--09/26/06  London PSI Meeting Advances Public-Private Partnership to Combat WMD Proliferation
--09/21/06  Milestone Reached in NATO Partnership for Peace Arms Destruction Project in Ukraine
--09/20/06  Briefing on the Kosovo Contact Group by Assistant Secretary for European Affairs Daniel Fried
--09/20/06  Kosovo Contact Group Ministerial Statement
--09/18/06  Rejecting the Independence Referendum in Moldova’s Transnistria Region
--09/15/06  Joint Statement by U.S. - Russia Counterterrorism Working Group
--09/15/06  Signing of U.S.-Russian Plutonium Disposition Liability Protocol
--09/15/06  United States and Russia Pursue Strategic Security Dialogue
--09/13/06  Meeting of the U.S.-Russia Counterterrorism Working Group
--09/06/06  Pipeline Agreement between Greece, Bulgaria and Russia (Taken Question)

August
--08/28/06  TURKEY: Special Envoy for Countering the PKK
--08/15/06  Terrorism: Advance Consultations on U.K. Terror Investigation (Taken Question)
--08/15/06  U.S. Establishes Diplomatic Relations with Montenegro
--08/14/06  Turkey: 22nd Anniversary of PKK Violence

July
--07/28/06  Remarks by President Bush and Prime Minister Blair of the United Kingdom in Press Availability
--07/17/06  Joint Statement on Cooperation in Civil Nuclear Energy
--07/16/06  Statement by Group of Eight Leaders
--07/15/06  Announcing the Global Initiative To Combat Nuclear Terrorism; The White House; Joint Statement by U.S. President George Bush and Russian Federation President V.V. Putin ; St. Petersburg, Russia
--07/15/06  The Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
--07/15/06  U.S.-Russia Foundation for Economic Advancement and Rule of Law
--07/12/06  P5 + 1 Statement: Negotiations With Iran; Press Statement by Foreign Minister of France Philippe Douste-Blazy; Paris, France
--07/08/06  Russia: Anniversary of Klebnikov Murder
--07/06/06  Bus Explosion in Moldova
--07/06/06  Parliamentary Elections in Macedonia

June
--06/30/06  Meeting of Contact Group Political Directors
--06/30/06  Northern Ireland – Statement by Prime Ministers Blair and Ahern
--06/27/06  Murder of Russian Diplomats in Iraq
--06/16/06  United States Support to European Union Conference on Darfur (Taken Question)
--06/14/06  U.S. Donates $2 Million for Georgia's South Ossetia Region
--06/13/06  U.S. Recognizes Montenegro as Independent State; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--06/09/06  Remarks by the President and Prime Minister Rasmussen of Denmark
--06/05/06  Georgia Hosts Workshop on Small Arms and Light Weapons Controls for International Parliamentarians

May
--05/31/06  Serbia and Montenegro Assistance
--05/26/06  Joint Statement by President Bush and Prime Minister Blair
--05/22/06  Turkey Hosts Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Interdiction Exercise, Anatolian Sun, May 24-26
--05/22/06  Under Secretary Burns Travel to London
--05/18/06  Statement on Interpol Regional Meeting in Belarus
--05/17/06  Under Secretary Josette Sheeran Shiner to Visit Italy
--05/16/06  Russia: G-8 Agenda (Taken Question)
--05/16/06  Under Secretary Josette Sheeran Shiner to Visit France
--05/15/06  Deputy Secretary Zoellick to Travel to the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Tunisia, and Egypt for the World Economic Forum
--05/15/06  Under Secretary Josette Sheeran Shiner to Visit Norway
--05/15/06  Under Secretary Josette Sheeran Shiner to Visit Norway, France, and Italy
--05/12/06  U.S. and Switzerland Establish MOU Framework for Intensified Cooperation
--05/11/06  Moscow Helsinki Group's 30th Anniversary

April
--04/27/06  Bosnia-Herzegovina: Rejection of Constitutional Reform (Taken Question)
--04/25/06  Deputy Secretary Zoellick to be Keynote Speaker at the 2006 National Holocaust Remembrance Observance at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda
--04/25/06  United Kingdom/Palestinians: Meeting With Hamas (Taken Question)
--04/21/06  Advisory Committee for Study of Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union
--04/21/06  Joint United States-Russian Federation Statement on the U.S.-Russia MANPADS Arrangement on Cooperation in Enhancing Control of Man-Portable Air Defense Systems
--04/06/06  Joint Statement by the British and Irish Prime Ministers on Restoring the Northern Ireland Assembly Established by the Good Friday Agreement
--04/03/06  Bombings in Turkey

March
--03/31/06  U.S-Azerbaijan Political Military Talks
--03/27/06  Secretary Rice to Travel to Europe - Revised
--03/25/06  Repression of Demonstrators in Belarus
--03/24/06  Belarus: Detentions and Violence against Peaceful Demonstrators in Belarus
--03/23/06  Millennium Challenge Corporation and Republic of Armenia to Sign $235 Million Millennium Challenge Compact
--03/23/06  President Bush Signs Bill to Strengthen Trade Between U.S. and Ukraine
--03/21/06  Launch TSA Signed on March 21, 2006
--03/20/06  Fraudulent Presidential Election in Belarus
--03/20/06  President Bush Welcomes NATO Secretary General to the White House
--03/20/06  U.S. Welcomes Bosnian Constitutional Reform Agreement
--03/17/06  Protecting Right to Peaceful Expression in Belarus
--03/16/06  Report on Belarus, the Last Dictatorship in Europe, Including Arms Sales and Leadership Assets
--03/13/06  Armenia: Status of US Ambassador to Armenia Evans (Taken Question)
--03/13/06  Belarus Elections
--03/11/06  Death of Slobodan Milosevic
--03/10/06  Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Daniel Fried to Visit Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia and Turkey
--03/07/06  Deputy Secretary Zoellick to Travel to Belgium and France March 7-10 To Consult with European, African Leaders on Sudan and Darfur
--03/06/06  Implementation of Ukrainian - Moldovan Customs Protocol

February
--02/28/06  Forced Return of Uzbek Asylum Seekers by Ukraine
--02/28/06  Sri Lanka: Conclusion of Talks in Geneva
--02/23/06  Detentions and Harassment in Run-Up to Belarus Elections
--02/22/06  Sri Lanka: Talks in Geneva
--02/21/06  Turkey: Meeting With Hamas (Taken Question)
--02/21/06  Under Secretary for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns' Travel to Russia, Austria, and India
--02/17/06  Signing of Agreement on Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement with Bulgaria
--02/17/06  U.S. Signs the Protocols to the United Nations Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA)
--02/15/06  Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov Visit to Washington March 6-7
--02/13/06  Under Secretary Burns Meets with Belarusian Civil Society Representatives
--02/10/06  Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Karen Hughes to Travel to Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Germany
--02/10/06  United States and Poland Sign Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement
--02/09/06  Terrorist Bombing in Istanbul
--02/09/06  The Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs
--02/09/06  Turkey: Visit of Energy Minister (Taken Question)
--02/06/06  Kosovo: Contingency Plans (Taken Question)
--02/03/06  Belarus Relations

January
--01/27/06  Death of Johannes Rau, Former President, Federal Republic of Germany
--01/27/06  Georgia: Gas Crisis
--01/27/06  Under Secretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns to Brief on the London Conference on Afghanistan
--01/26/06  Turkey/EU/Cyprus: Proposal to Lift Port and Trade Restrictions
--01/23/06  Cyprus: Visit of U.K. Foreign Minister Jack Straw (Taken Question)
--01/23/06  Slovenia Coalition Support (Taken Question)
--01/23/06  United States Reaction to Slovenian President's Darfur Initiative (Taken Question)
--01/19/06  Russian Non-Governmental Organization Law
--01/19/06  Secretary of State Rice's Travel to the London Conference on Afghanistan
--01/19/06  United States Extends Agreement Protecting Italy's Archaeological Materials Representing the Pre-classical, Classical and Imperial Roman Periods
--01/19/06  United States Reinforces Azerbaijan's Landmine Clearance Efforts
--01/18/06  U.S. and Greece Sign Extradition and Legal Assistance Protocols
--01/13/06  Hashim Thaci Meeting With Under Secretary Burns (Taken Question)
--01/13/06  U.S. Avian Influenza Team to Turkey
--01/13/06  Under Secretary for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns' Travel to the United Kingdom, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka
--01/13/06  United States and the Russian Federation Renew Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement
--01/01/06  Ukraine: Suspension of Gas Shipments from Russia January 1