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  • Russia, Turkey negotiate deals worth $820 million

    RUSSIA, 2017/08/27 Russian and Turkish businesses have concluded preliminary agreements on contracts, the total worth of which is approximately $820 million. Russian Deputy Industry and Trade Minister Georgy Kalamanov announced that the details of the agreements were discussed within the framework of the 86th Izmir International equitable, Sputnik reported. The International equitable with a theme "Innovation — Energy" was held on August 18-22 with participation of additional than 45 Russian companies from different sectors of economy, inclunding energy, coal and oil production, agriculture, construction and engineering, metal working and metallurgy, and tourism, presenting their products and services.

  • Greek Foreign Ministry criticizes Turkey over failure to reach agreement in latest round of talks on Cyprus

    CYPRUS, 2017/07/10 Greece's Foreign Ministry has criticized Turkey over failure to reach an agreement to settle the Cyprus issue in the new round of talks in Switzerland. In a statement titled "Hard truths" and posted on Greek Foreign Ministry's website on Saturday evening, the ministry says "Turkey's conduct dashed any hopes anyone had that there would be a change in its stance. Just as Turkey abandoned the initial Conference, it torpedoed the second." "We reiterate that Greece will continue to work relentlessly, with all means at its disposal, for a just and viable solution to the Cyprus problem, in close cooperation with the Republic of Cyprus, the UN and the European Union. And it calls on all of the parties to the Conference to show responsibility, respect for international law, and self- restraint," the statement concluded.

  • Policy Differences Emerge Among Gulf States Days After Wooing President Trump

    BAHRAIN, 2017/05/29 Cracks have appeared in a Saudi-led, US-backed anti-terrorist political and military alliance days next US President Donald J. Trump ended a historic visit to Saudi Arabia. The cracks stem from Qatar’s long-standing fundamental policy differences with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates about Iran and the role of political Islam. The cracks emerged as the result of an anti-Qatar media and cyber campaign involving a spate of anti-Qatar articles in US and Gulf media; the blocking of Qatar-backed media websites and broadcasts in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt; statements by prominent former US government officials; and a recent seminar by the Washington-based Foundation for the Defense of Democracies that has long asserted that Qatar supports militant groups.

  • Putin, Erdogan to meet until late 2016

    RUSSIA, 2016/10/06 Presidents of Russia and Turkey, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet on the sidelines of the 23rd World Energy Congress to be held in Istanbul. President Putin will attend the 23rd World Energy Congress in Istanbul due between October 9 and October 13, said Presidential aide Yuri Ushakov. Ushakov announced that Putin will meet Recep Tayyip Erdogan on October 10.

  • Erdogan, Biden meet in New York

    UNITED STATES, 2016/09/23 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on September 21 on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meetings, Anadolu Agency reported. The White Home said in a statement that Biden “reiterated his unshakeable support for Turkish democracy and praised the Turkish people's commitment to democratic institutions and the policy of law”. Biden as well pledged that the U.S. would provide assistance to Turkey in its investigation into “the illegal and violent coup attempt” there this summer.

  • Talks Between Russian And Turkish Presidents Give Positive Impetus To Relations Normalization

    RUSSIA, 2016/09/01 International experts continue to discuss the results of the talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held in St. Petersburg on Tuesday, August 9th. The conference of the two leaders was the initial one since relations between the governments ruptured last year next the Russian Su-24 was downed by the Turkish Air Force, and marked a new stage in Russian-Turkish relations.“Naturally, this conference is very significant for the next of Russian-Turkish relations. We had a meaningful and, I would like to emphasize, constructive conversation on all range of bilateral issues and the international schedule,” Vladimir Putin said at a news conference following the talks with his visiting Turkish counterpart.

  • EP Chairman to visit Ankara

    EUROPEAN UNION, 2016/08/28 The Chairman of the European Parliament (EP), Martin Schulz, will visit Ankara on September 1. He will hold talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and discuss the relationship between the EU and Turkey, RIA Novosti reported. "I will visit Ankara on Thursday to meet with President Erdogan, to discuss relations between the EU and Turkey and hereby to confirm the European Union’s support for democracy and democratic values in Turkey”, wrote Schultz in his official microblog on Twitter.

  • European Parliament to vote against visa-free regime for Turkey

    EUROPEAN UNION, 2016/07/23 The European Parliament is expected to vote against granting a visa-free regime to Turkey in September due to the reaction of the country’s authorities to the military coup attempt, a source in the European Parliament told RIA Novosti July 22. On July 15 evening, Turkish authorities said a military coup attempt took place in the country. Meanwhile, a group of servicemen announced about transition of power to them. However, the rebelling servicemen started to surrender July 16 and Turkish authorities said the coup attempt failed. Additional than 200 people have been killed as a result of the coup attempt.

  • Two Remarks on the Turkey-EU Deal on the Migrant Crisis

    EUROPEAN UNION, 2016/06/11 “The EU and Turkey have reached a transaction on the migrant crisis, which will see migrants returned to Turkey in exchange for aid and political concessions.” There are two practically significant points of this transaction: The European Union (EU) will no longer need to transaction with new and uncontrolled immigrants. In exchange for an “acceptable” migrant for the EU, Turkey will take back all the migrants, regardless of the nationality. The EU will pay 3 billion euros to Turkey for this, which has long-term and short-term benefits.

  • Why is Mr Erdogan spending so much time in Africa?

    TURKEY, 2016/06/04 High quality world journalism requires investment . Please share this article with others using the link below, do not cut & paste the article. See our Ts&Cs and Copyright Policy for additional detail. Email [email protected] to buy additional rights. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/aaf3981a-27e5-11e6-8ba3-cdd781d02d89.html#ixzz4AZVBSpaI Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan is on a four-day east African tour this week, during which he is visiting Kenya and Uganda. This trip is his tenth visit to a sub-Saharan African country in less than 18 months.
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