Ankara, Turkey | XINHUA | Russian officials has told Ankara that Russia had “nothing to do” with the attacks on Ukraine’s key Black Sea port of Odessa, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Saturday. “In our contact with Russia, the Russians told us that they had absolutely nothing to …
Read More »Türkiye to freeze Finland, Sweden’s NATO bids if they fail to keep promises: president
Ankara, Turkey | Xinhua | Turkey will suspend Finland and Sweden’s NATO accession process if they do not keep promises on counter-terrorism, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday. “I would like to remind you that we will freeze the process if they do not take the necessary steps to meet …
Read More »Russia sees progress of quadripartite talks on grain exports
Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Nations have reached consensus on some issues regarding grain exports and the negotiation will continue, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Thursday. There was a substantive discussion during the talks in Turkey’s Istanbul on Wednesday and some elements of possible agreements …
Read More »Syria welcomes Iran effort to help ease tension with Turkey
Damascus, Syria | Xinhua | Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad has said his country welcomes any role played by Iran in easing the tension between Syria and Turkey and achieving political progress. The tension has been brewing for weeks after Ankara declared a plan to impose a buffer zone in …
Read More »Turkey greenlights Sweden, Finland’s NATO bid, internal conflicts remain
Madrid, Spain | Xinhua | Turkey changed its position and agreed to support Sweden and Finland’s NATO membership applications on Tuesday during the ongoing NATO Summit in Madrid, while conflicts within the military bloc still remain. After an extended meeting among leaders from the three countries together with NATO Secretary General …
Read More »Turkey to host meeting with UN, Russia, Ukraine on grain corridor
Ankara, Turkey | Xinhua | Turkey is to host a four-way meeting with the United Nations, Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul next week to discuss a possible Black Sea corridor for exporting Ukrainian grains, local media reported Tuesday. A Turkish military delegation will travel to Russia this week to discuss the …
Read More »Russia to temporarily suspend gas supply via Turkish Stream pipeline
Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russian gas giant Gazprom announced Saturday that it will stop gas delivery via both strings of the Turkish Stream pipeline from June 21 to June 28 due to scheduled annual maintenance. The suspension was agreed in advance by all interested parties, Gazprom said in a …
Read More »Turkey seeks to persuade Russia, Ukraine into grain deal to prevent food crisis
Ankara, Turkey | Xinhua | Turkey is seeking to broker a grain corridor from Ukraine across the Black Sea as part of a United Nations-backed effort to avert a food crisis. Ukraine is a major grain exporter to Africa and the Middle East. As the Russia-Ukraine conflict drags on, disruption to …
Read More »UN approves Turkey’s request to change name to Türkiye
United Nations | Xinhua | The United Nations on Wednesday granted Turkey’s request to change its name from Turkey to Türkiye, Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, told reporters. The change came into force immediately at the time when the world body received a letter from Turkish Foreign Minister …
Read More »Turkey not to allow “terror-supporting” countries to join NATO: Erdogan
Ankara, Turkey | Xinhua | Turkey will not allow “terrorism-supporting” countries to enter NATO, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday, underlining the talks with Sweden and Finland on their intention to join the alliance have not yielded results. Last week’s negotiations with Finnish and Swedish delegations in Turkey’s capital Ankara …
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