Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif left for Ankara on Wednesday on a three-day visit to Turkey to attend Turkey-Afghanistan-Pakistan Trilateral Summit, officials said. The trilateral process, an important platform for high-level dialogue, security cooperation, and economic development partnership, was launched in 2007.
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Turkish FM on visit to Sarajevo
Turkey will continue to support Bosnia and Herzegovina, said Turkish Foreign Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, on Wednesday in a visit to the capital Sarajevo which has witnessed scenes of mass unrest since Friday. “Turkey is and will be on the side of our Bosnian brothers anytime for its stability, peace, political and territorial integrity,” said Davutoglu. “We came here …
Read More »Cyprus leaders pledge to find agreement as soon as possible
Greek- and Turkish-Cypriot leaders vowed to seek agreement on ending the island’s four-decade division “as soon as possible,” relaunching peace talks Tuesday after nearly a two-year hiatus. Nicos Anastasiades and his Turkish Cypriot counterpart Dervis Eroglu endorsed a road map for the relaunch of the U.N.-brokered talks at a meeting …
Read More »Nagorno Karabakh discussed shortly in UK Parliament
On Tuesday 11 February 2014, a short debate was held in the UK Parliament (the House of Commons) on the UK policy towards Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan initiated by MP Stephen Pound.
Read More »Turkey to boost aid for Africa
Turkey’s president says aid to Africa will increase, as the continent should not be left to suffer alone. Abdullah Gul – speaking at a joint press conference with Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh on Tuesday – said it is morally wrong to
Read More »EU not to apply economic sanctions on Ukraine for now
The European Union does not rule out the option of economic sanctions against Ukraine, in case the situation in the country deteriorates.
Read More »EU hails resumption of Cyprus dialogue
The European Union (EU) welcomed the agreement announced earlier Tuesday by the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders on a Joint Declaration, which lays a solid foundation for resumption of negotiations for a fair and
Read More »Georgian FM to visit Azerbaijan
Georgian Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze will arrive in Baku on February 19, the Georgian embassy in Azerbaijan said. The visit will take place as part of a meeting of Azerbaijani, Georgian and Turkish foreign ministers.
Read More »UNSC to discuss Kosovo
The United Nations Security Council will hold a meeting on Monday to discuss the regular report of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the situation in Kosovo. Ivica Dačić, Serbia’s outgoing prime minister, will attend.
Read More »Turkish FM held phone dialogue with Greek, Bosnian counterparts
Turkey’s Foreign Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu held phone talks on Saturday with his Greek counterpart, Evangelos Venizelos and Bosnia and Herzegovina’s three-membered presidency council’s Bosniak member, Bakir Izetbegovic. Venizelos and Davutoglu discussed the recent developments on the Cyprus dispute.
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