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Lavrov says that only Russia, Turkey, and Iran can help Syria
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called the negotiations of Russia, Turkey and Iran the most effective format to resolve the conflict in Syria. Other formats are not effective, he stated after attending the trilateral negotiations in Moscow.
"I believe, the most effective format is the one which you may see today. It is not an attempt to cast doubt on the efforts of other partners to make progress settling the Syrian crisis. It’s just a statement of fact,” Lavrov said at a press …
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Russia, Turkey and Iran are ready to become the guarantors of agreement between Syrian President and opposition
On the 20th of December, the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergey Lavrov, stated after a meeting with his Turkish and Iranian counterparts, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and Javad Zarif, in Moscow, that Russia, Turkey, and Iran are ready to contribute to the establishment of an agreement between the Syrian authorities and the opposition, and become its guarantors.
The three countries favored the expansion of the ceasefire throughout Syria, with the exception of the areas controlled by terrorist …
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7 billion euro to be invested in Turkish Stream
7 billion euro will be invested in two threads of the sea area of the Turkish Stream pipeline, explained a memorandum to the Russian bill on the ratification of the intergovernmental agreement on the pipeline.
At the beginning of the month, the law on ratification of Turkish stream was signed in Turkey providing the construction of two threads of a gas pipeline under the Black Sea. The first line is for supplies to a Turkish market while the second one is for transit to Europe.
"About 7 …
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Turkey denies secret 'Syria bargain' with Russia
On Monday, Ankara denied any secret deal with Russia regarding the future of Syria, Western media outlets reported.
"That's not how we see it. That is not how we make deals. We don't see any connection," a senior Turkish Foreign Ministry official said.
Earlier, a number of Western media outlets suggested that since relations between Moscow and Ankara improved, it is possible that Turkey has agreed to assist Russia in Aleppo while Moscow promised not to hinder operations carried out by the …
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Media: Gazprom assets were nationalized in Turkey
As reported by the the Kommersant newspaper in early December, Turkey essentially nationalized the Akfel Holding shares owned by Gazprom and Gazprombank. According to the newspaper’s sources, the gas dispute with Turkey is "already inevitable."
The largest private importer of Russian gas to Turkey, Akfel Holding, is being effectively nationalized by the authorities in accordance with the emergency decree N674, adopted after July’s attempted coup in the country, the newspaper wrote. Gazprom, …
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Russian Foreign Ministry: Assassination of our ambassador to Turkey was cruel and inhumane
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has called the assassination of the Russian Ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, cruel and inhumane, TASS reported.
"Right now, we are receiving words of encouragement as well as repulsion against this cruel and inhumane killing from officials as well as from rank-and-file citizens from all over the world," Zakharova said.
"Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makey has just called [Russian Foreign Minister] Sergey Lavrov, expressing his …
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Russian Consulate General in Istanbul was taken under heavy guard because of anti-Russian rallies
The Russian Consulate General in Istanbul was taken under heavy guard due to anti-Russian protests in front of the embassy, as reported by Russia's TASS news agency on December 13th.
"Over the past twenty-four hours, three protests in connection with the situation in Aleppo were held in front of the Consulate General of Russia in Istanbul. Up to 250 people participated in the largest gathering. Police officers cordoned our Consulate General during and after these events," Sergey Losev, the …
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Media: Turkey will replace pro-Western NATO officials with pro-Russian ones
Ankara intends to replace its pro-Western NATO representatives with officials who are in favor of cooperation with China, Iran and Russia, The Times reported.
Journalists of the British newspaper obtained copies of emails sent by recently discharged Turkish officers to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Curtis Scaparrotti, in which the former voiced concerns over "a significant increase in ultranationalist and anti-Western sentiments" in the Turkish army.
One of the Turkish officers noted …
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Ankara moves to payments in national currency for the purchase of gas from Russia
The new energy policy of Turkey requires all payments to be made in the national currency to the major trading partners in the energy sphere. Ankara is preparing to conduct payments in national currency for the purchase of gas from Russia, the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Berat Albayrak said, Anadolu news agency reports.
“All relevant agencies are working in this direction," the Minister said and added that Ankara is working on transitioning to the Turkish lira in the procurement …
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Turkey sends 300 more troops to Syria
According to the Anadolu news agency, 300 Turkish commandos were deployed to Syria to join Operation Euphrates Shield which aims to drive members of the so-called Islamic State and Kurdish forces out of northern Syria.
All of them, as noted by the news agency, are servicemen of the 11th Brigade of the Turkish Land Forces, which is based in the Denizli Province.
The military, according to the agency, has already arrived at the Syrian-Turkish border.
The Turkish Military’s Operation, Euphrates …