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Türkiye and the Levant
Stories under this heading cover Türkiye as well as the Levant – a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean region of Western Asia, consisting of Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and Palestine.
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Armenia marks Genocide day
24 April 2020
The country's political and religious leadership this morning visited the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial
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Turkey braces itself for coronavirus storm
28 March 2020
Turkey witnessed a major spike yesterday, #COVID-19 patients now reached 5,698, with 92 total deaths.
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2 hour G20 virtual summit today will adopt strategy for global response to crisis
26 March 2020
Diplomats from the group - known as "sherpas" - have been meeting, also virtually and behind the scenes, to prepare a final statement and a press release, which are expected to lay down the modalities for future action
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Saudi G20 presidency to convene virtual Leaders' Summit on Thursday
25 March 2020
King Salman will chair the meeting to advance a coordinated global response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its human and economic implications.
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A pragmatic partnership that has endured
5 March 2020
The Azerbaijan-Turkey-Georgia partnership has been successful and long lasting because it is based on strategic pragmatism, and is not aimed against any other third country, Brussels meeting hears.
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Russia slams Turkish actions in Idlib on the eve of Putin-Erdogan summit
4 March 2020
The spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Defence Igor Konashenkov told reporters that "observation posts of the Turkish forces in Syria's Idlib de-escalation zone were located in the fortified areas of terrorist groups and practically merged with them".
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Monday Commentary: Turkey relearns an old lesson
2 March 2020
"After the killing of 34 Turkish soldiers in Idlib last week Turkey's leadership may be realising that whilst they may want Mr Putin out of their way in Syria. Mr Putin may want Turkey out of his way across the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. That may have indeed been an important lesson to learn or relearn" writes Dennis Sammut in this week's Monday Commentary
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Turkey and Azerbaijan aim to increase their bilateral trade to US$ 15 billion by 2023
26 February 2020
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan participated in a meeting of the Turkey-Azerbaijan High Level Strategic Cooperation Council on Tuesday, during which the two countries signed 14 co-operation agreements.
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Turkey says it will not recognise Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea
4 February 2020
Speaking on a visit to Kiev president Erdogan reiterated support for Ukrainian territorial integrity. Speaking earlier in the day the Turkish president said that Russia had been told not to stand in the way of Turkish forces in Idlib