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ATHENS, Greece – Greece and Turkey on Monday started exploratory talks in Istanbul – after a five-year hiatus – aimed at settling maritime borders, a source of alarming friction over the past year. Last week, Greece doubled its western territorial waters in the Ionian Sea to 12 nautical miles (22 …

ISLAMABAD – The foreign ministers of Pakistan, Turkey and Azerbaijan will hold the second Pakistan-Turkey-Azerbaijan trilateral meeting on Wednesday in Islamabad, Trend reports citing Pakistan’s foreign ministry. The first round of trilateral meetings was held in Baku in November 2017. The ministry said three parties will exchange views on global …

WASHINGTON – The digital services taxes adopted by India, Italy and Turkey discriminate against U.S. businesses and are inconsistent with international tax principles, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) said on Wednesday, paving the way for possible retaliatory tariffs. The USTR, releasing the findings of its “Section 301” …

News Analysis ANKARA – The Turkish S-400 is back at the negotiating table between Ankara and Washington. For nearly two years now, Russia’s S-400 anti-missile systems have been the apple of the military war between Turkey and Washington. This time, as BulgarianMilitary.com learned, citing information from Izvestia, the two countries …

LONDON – The United Kingdom (UK) and Turkey are expected to sign an agreement on Tuesday to extend their trade deals, making it the first since UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, struck a new trade deal with the European Union (EU). The UK-Turkey deal would replicate existing trade terms between …

ANKARA – Developing-8 (D-8) countries, with a total population of over one billion, have great power to prevent the food insecurity and malnutrition that threaten millions of people around the world, a senior Turkish official said on Wednesday. “A third of the food produced in the world is lost or …

KABUL – Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday submitted a motion to parliament to extend the deployment of Turkish troops in Afghanistan for 18 months as part of NATO’s support mission. “Turkey, which has deep friendship and brotherhood ties with Afghanistan, has always backed the unity, integrity and independence …

NEW YORK – The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Tuesday passed a resolution calling on Russia to end its occupation of Crimea and withdraw from Ukraine. “He urges the Russian Federation, as the occupying power, to immediately, completely and unconditionally withdraw its military forces from Crimea and to end …

KABUL – US Special Representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad met Turkey’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sedat Onal in Ankara on Thursday night, where they discussed the importance of continuous support to the Afghanistan peace process, the Turkish government said. According to the US State Department, Khalilzad will also travel to Qatar, …

ANKARA – The sixth meeting of the Turkey-Qatar Supreme Strategy Committee will be held in the Turkish capital of Ankara on Thursday, officials said on Wednesday. The meeting was chaired by Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and his Qatari counterpart, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Turkey’s communications directorate said …