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Turkish Foreign Minister: Assad should not remain in power in Syria
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu stated during his visit to Beirut that Bashar al-Assad can’t remain in power in Syria. According to Çavuşoğlu, the Syrian President is responsible for 600,000 deaths and that is why Bashar al-Assad has lost the right to be the President of Syria, Reuters reported.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey also called the situation in Aleppo critical, calling for an immediate ceasefire in the country.
As Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu noted, Ankara is negotiating …
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NATO will strengthen cooperation with Georgia for security in the Black Sea region
NATO will work closely with Georgia to strengthen security measures in the Black Sea region, which is of strategic importance to the alliance, as stated by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at a joint press conference with the Prime Minister of Georgia, Giorgi Kvirikashvili.
"We will continue to work with Georgia on the challenges that we see in the Black Sea region. We have made an assessment of the security situation in the Black Sea region and, of course, Georgia is one of the …
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U.S. strategic drone reportedly spotted near Donetsk in eastern Ukraine
An RQ-4A Global Hawk strategic unmanned aerial vehicle of the U.S. Air Force made a reconnaissance approach to the demarcation line near Donetsk yesterday morning, according to websites that track the movement of military aircraft.
The drone reportedly flew from north to south along the demarcation line near Donets
The US long-distance unmanned aerial vehicle with call sign UAVGH000 reportedly departed from the Sigonella Air Force Base in Sicily. According to existing information, it entered …
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Ukrainian and Polish presidents condemn EU decision on OPAL pipeline, saying its benefits Gazprom
The Ukrainian and Polish Presidents, Petro Poroshenko and Andrzej Duda, released a statement in which they said they were shocked by the European Commission’s decision to expand Gazprom’s access to the OPAL pipeline, which provides an opportunity for the Russian company to increase their flow of gas to Europe, bypassing Ukraine.
"We believe that the decision contradicts the rules and principles of the energy community and contradicts the achievement of the organization’s fundamental goal: the …
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Norway calls on Trump to put forth clear and predictable policy toward Russia
Amid growing concerns in Oslo over Russia’s recent military expansion in the Arctic region, the Norwegian Defense Ministry has called on US President-elect Donald Trump to put forth a clear and predictable policy towards Russia as soon as possible, Reuters reported
"What is most important to us right now is to have both a predictable and a very clear policy on Russia," Norwegian Defense Minister Ine Eriksen Soereide told Reuters.
"The earlier and the clearer that the new administration comes …