ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye has criticized a series of decisions by an EU summit on the Aegean and Mediterranean. The decisions, adopted at the end of a two-day leaders’ summit in Brussels, are “prejudiced, lack vision, and are disconnected from reality”, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Citing several Greek ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – The top diplomats of Iran and the European Union on Saturday expressed readiness to resume stalled nuclear talks in Vienna, signaling an end to a three-month deadlock. Addressing a joint presser following their talks in Tehran, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and European Union foreign policy chief Josep B...
ISTANBUL (AA) – In a phone call with Sweden’s premier on Saturday, Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Stockholm needed to change its attitude on the PKK group and its Syrian branch, the YPG. Sweden’s application for NATO membership was on the agenda in the call with Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson, accordi...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Milorad Dodik, the Serbian member of Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidential Council, and Croatian President Zoran Milanovic criticized the failure Friday of the EU to grant candidate status to Bosnia and Herzegovina at the EU Leaders’ Summit in Brussels, Belgium. “Some EU leaders see Bosnia and Herzegovin...
MOSCOW (AA) – Moscow hopes “already damaged” ties between Russia and the European Union will not deteriorate further with EU candidate status granted to Ukraine and Moldova, the Kremlin spokesman has said. “It is important (that these processes) do not lead to further deterioration of our relations with the EU, because it is ...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – Five irregular migrants died on Friday in an attempt to storm the iron fence surrounding Melilla, a Spanish-administered city in North Africa. The incident took place “as a result of a stampede of migrants and some of them fell from the top of the fence,” Moroccan authorities of the country’s north...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Leaders of three Western Balkan countries – Serbia, Albania, and North Macedonia – have criticized the European Union for moving slowly on their membership process. At a news conference after the EU-Western Balkans summit in Brussels, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic vowed that his country ‘will exert ever...
ANKARA (AA) – European leaders have granted candidate status to Ukraine, a historic move that paves the way for the war-ravaged country’s EU membership. EU leaders meeting in Brussels also approved Moldova’s candidate status and announced that Georgia is next in line once it meets certain conditions. European Council President Charles Mi...
ANKARA (AA) – Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar and UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace have discussed the latest developments in Ukraine, as well as regional defense cooperation. Wallace, who is visiting Türkiye at the invitation of Akar, was welcomed with a military ceremony at the Turkish National Defense Ministry, according ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US is sending an additional $450 million in security assistance to Ukraine. This will help Kyiv defend its democracy in the face of Russia’s war. John Kirby, the White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications, said the package contains weapons and equipment, including new High M...
