Eurasia Press & News

Egypt’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Turkish ambassador to Cairo on Nov. 11 over Ankara’s calls for ousted President Mohamed Morsi to be released. Hüseyin Avni Botsalı met with Egyptian Deputy Foreign Minister Hatem Seif al-Nasr who said that

Turkish President Abdullah Gül has presented the State Medal of Honor to Azerbaijani President İlham Aliyev, who is in Ankara for an official visit.

Pakistan appointed a new ambassador to the United States on Friday, at a time of tense relations between the two countries over drone strikes in the country’s tribal belt. Senior diplomat Jalil Abbas Jilani — 58 and most recently foreign secretary — has been named to the role, according to …

The Syrian National Coalition ( SNC), the main opposition group based in Istanbul, said on Monday that it agreed to join the Geneva II conference preconcondition that President Bashar al-

Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in the United Arab Emirates Sunday to brief the US ally on talks with Iran on its nuclear programme and efforts to hold Syria peace talks. He flew in from Geneva where three days of marathon talks which stretched into early Sunday failed to produce an

Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati on Friday renewed his call upon the international community to help his country to cope with the huge influx of the Syrian refugees. “The international community must assume its responsibilities towards Lebanon because it is suffering more than any other neighbors from the flow …

Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid is optimistic about future relations with fellow Asian power China, with Delhi viewing Beijing as “rivals who are also partners”. But in an interview with The Australian newspaper published on Monday, Khurshid said a festering Himalayan border dispute between the two giant neighbours remained a key area …

The United Nations and Arab Leaugue Special Envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, was received Sunday by Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in Algiers.

Efforts on the launch of visa-free travel for Turkish citizens to European countries may yield positive results before the end of this year, said European Union Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighborhood Policy Stefan Füle on Friday.

Turkey and Iraq pledged greater co-operation on trade and counter-terrorism while admitting to disagreements over Syria’s war during a landmark visit to Baghdad by the Turkish foreign minister on Sunday. “I saw a strong willingness to improve relations between our countries,” Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said during a joint …