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Armenian former president arrested

28 July 2018

Earlier Robert Kocharian, who was Armenian head of state from 1998-2008, was charged in connection with the crackdown on opposition protests following the disputed presidential election in 2008, which left several people dead.

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Our friendship is the envy of others, Erdogan tells Putin

27 July 2018

Turkish president, Recip Tayip Erdogan and Russian president Vladimir Putin held a 75 minute meeting in Johannesburg on Thursday, on the margins of the summit of the BRICS nations.

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Armenia's former president, Robert Kocharian, charged with breaching constitutional order

27 July 2018

The charges are related to incidents in 2008 when government forces violently broke up mass protests against election fraud following presidential elections which saw a victory for Serzh Sargsyan.

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Erdogan in South Africa for BRICS summit, meeting with Putin

26 July 2018

Turkey has aspirations to become one of the world's ten largest economies, and the country has been pursuing an assertive foreign policy, challenging the domination of the UN by the five permanent members of the security council, and expanding its diplomatic footprint in Africa.

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Armenian Prime Minister's wife makes an impassionate call for peace in Karabakh

26 July 2018

"It isn't important how this conflict originated. What matters is the loss of human lives, young human lives, that are the cost of this conflict", Anna Hakobyan said at a meeting in Moscow

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Lavrov proposes a BRICS "outer circle"

25 July 2018

According to Lavrov, BRICS attracts partners by its openness to constructive cooperation and "the impeccable respect for the United Nations Charter and basic principles of international law, including sovereign equality of States, commitment to the UN central role and indivisibility of security."

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Bibilov meets Assad in Damascus

24 July 2018

According to the Syrian News Agency, SANA, during the visit of Bibilov to Syria the two sides signed a Treaty of Friendship and Co-operation.

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Erdogan and Putin to meet on the margins of BRICS summit in South Africa

24 July 2018

Turkey under President Erdogan aspires to be one of the top ten economies in the world, and this first high level participation of Turkey at a BRICS summit is unlikely to be the last.

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Türkiye and the Levant

Thousands swim from Asia to Europe in traditional Istanbul race

24 July 2018

Around 2400 people participated in the Samsung Bosphorus Cross Continental swim which is organised annually by the Turkish Olympic Committee.

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Armenian former president arrested

Our friendship is the envy of others, Erdogan tells Putin

Armenia's former president, Robert Kocharian, charged with breaching constitutional order

Erdogan in South Africa for BRICS summit, meeting with Putin

Armenian Prime Minister's wife makes an impassionate call for peace in Karabakh

Lavrov proposes a BRICS "outer circle"

Bibilov meets Assad in Damascus

Erdogan and Putin to meet on the margins of BRICS summit in South Africa

Thousands swim from Asia to Europe in traditional Istanbul race