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Serbian Defense Minister Dragan Sutanovac was in the Serb-populated town of Gracanica, just south of Priština, on May 5. Sutanovic, a senior whip in President Boris Tadić's Democratic Party, delivered humanitarian aid to the town and urged the Serbs in Kosovo to vote for pro-Western candidates in Serbia's parliamentary and local elections on May 11. Šutanovac says Serbia's ability to help the Serb minority in Kosovo will be weakened if voters do not choose candidates who support closer ties with the EU. *** Bosnia-Herzegovina (BH), Croatia and Montenegro signed a cross-border co-operation deal on May 5. The document was initialed during a meeting of the foreign ministers of the three countries in Dubrovnik, southern Croatia. It paves the way for co-operation in case of natural disasters, the joint management of natural resources and other activities of mutual interest for the three countries. *** Turkey continues to support Macedonia's efforts to become member of NATO, Turkish President Abdullah Gul said on May 4 during his visit to Skopje, where he met with his Macedonian counterpart Branko Crvenkovski. The two agreed to work to deepen economic ties and increase Turkish investment in Macedonia. *** US Assistant Secretary of State Matthew J. Bryza announced on May 3 that he plans to visit Cyprus within the next two weeks, in order to evaluate the work of the experts and technical commissions tasked with preparing new talks on the future of the divided island. In March, newly-elected Cypriot President Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat met and agreed to re-launch negotiations. *** Cypriot Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou met with his German counterpart, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, in Berlin on May 1. They discussed Cyprus, the situation within the EU and the bloc's relations with Turkey, Russia and Serbia. *** Ruling and opposition MPs were part of an Albanian delegation that visited the United States at the invitation of the foreign policy committee within the US State Department. The delegation was headed by Democratic Party (DP) member Prec Zogaj, who chairs parliament's foreign policy committee, and by the committee's deputy chairman, Socialist Party deputy Arte Dade. During the visit, the Albanian lawmakers met with National Security Council Director for Europe and NATO Toby Bradley. Seetimes
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