Recent reports indicating that Israel and Syria are indirectly engaged in Turkish brokered peace talks suggest a major (albeit overdue) development in the Mid-East peace-making process. Since the collapse of the Israeli-Syrian peace negotiations in May 2000, I have consistently been advocating the need for Israeli-Syrian reconciliation specifically because there is not a single dispute in the region that is not affected in one form or another by this conflict.

The Dalai Lama says his representatives are conducting talks with Chinese officials through private channels.

The United States says Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, is a man of peace and is rejecting allegations by the Chinese government that he is orchestrating violence in China.

A group of Chinese dissidents called on Beijing Saturday to open direct talks with Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, in an effort to end the violence in the region.

U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney is due to visit Israel Saturday for talks on pushing forward the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders have agreed to re-launch peace talks aimed at resolving the divided island's decades-long conflict.

Pakistan's Taliban militants say they are willing to talk with the parties expected to form the country's new government, but only if military operations against militants and terrorists end in the tribal regions.

An open letter signed by 138 Muslim religious leaders was sent to Christian churches throughout the world today, seeking a common ground “to make peace and come together in harmony.”

“I have known the Ambassador of Azerbaijan for 25 years already. Not long ago we headed the Ministry of Culture in our states. Personal relations played a big role in the organization of a joint trip to Armenia, Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan.