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11 March 2010 [13:44]
11 March 2010 [13:30]
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has paid a visit to Saudi Arabia, seeking to win the support of the United States' closest ally in the Persian Gulf on tough sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program.
11 March 2010 [13:25]
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has informed his Irish counterpart Michael Martin about the recent developments in Cyprus and the Middle East on Wednesday.
11 March 2010 [13:20]
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Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast has rejected a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) statement over its three Persian Gulf islands.
11 March 2010 [12:43]
11 March 2010 [12:24]
Turkey and South Korea signed on Wednesday a cooperation protocol to establish a nuclear energy power plant in the northern Turkish province of Sinop.
11 March 2010 [12:19]
11 March 2010 [12:15]
Former Iranian Ambassador to France Sadig Kharrazi, expressed his attitude to China's resistance against imposing more severe sanctions on Iran by the UN Security Council.
11 March 2010 [11:53]
11 March 2010 [11:43]
Turkey welcomed on Wednesday the decision to resume indirect peace talks between Israel and Palestine.
11 March 2010 [11:34]
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan invited his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy to pay a state visit to Armenia.
11 March 2010 [11:29]
Emphasis was made here Wednesday on need for expansion of cultural cooperation in a meeting between Iran’s CHHTO head and deputies and Vimar city officials.
11 March 2010 [11:21]
House Resolution 252 passed the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) by a vote of 23-22 after HFAC Chairman Howard Berman controversially extended the voting period thrice.
11 March 2010 [11:10]
A British artist whose collage was found to have mocked Turkey's prime minister has been fined by a court in Istanbul.
11 March 2010 [11:05]
11 March 2010 [10:53]
IRI President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Tehran Wednesday night after his day-long visit of Afghanistan.
11 March 2010 [10:44]
11 March 2010 [10:37]
Turkish officials on Wednesday lowered the death toll in this week's magnitude 6 earthquake from 51 to 41.
11 March 2010 [10:27]
The Georgian President's Administration is not confirming the information on the meeting between the Georgian and the US presidents yet.
11 March 2010 [10:09]
A Turkish court arrested three soldiers on Wednesday in an investigation over an alleged plot to topple the AK Party government.
11 March 2010 [09:57]
Citing Iran "contrary" to U.S. interests, President Barack Obama said Wednesday that the United States will continue sanctions set by the previous administrations on Iran.
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11 March 2010 [08:30]
Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic-speaking countries (TurkPA) will participate in the anniversary of the Turkish Parliament.
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Albanian Defense Minister Arben Imami met with Turkish National Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul in Ankara on Wednesday.
10 March 2010 [19:12]
10 March 2010 [19:03]
Iran's president says the US must explain what its troops are doing in Afghanistan, as catching terrorists only requires intelligence work not military deployments.
10 March 2010 [18:52]
U.S. Foreign Policy magazine included Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in its world's four Kissingers list.
10 March 2010 [18:41]
European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) Executive Board assigned Turkey as coordinator country on Europe's civil aviation trainings.
10 March 2010 [18:34]
On March 10, Armenian National Security Council Chief received a delegation headed by Chairman of the CIS Council's of border guard troops Executive Board, General-Colonel Alexander Manilov.
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Georgia has established diplomatic relations with Paraguay.
10 March 2010 [17:09]
Albanian and Kyrgyz statesmen offered their condolences for victims of a 6-magnitude earthquake that hit Turkey's eastern Elazig province on Monday.
10 March 2010 [17:05]
Iranian officials are to launch a series of online courses to promote marriage and sponsor premarital trainings according to the Iranian culture and Islamic standards.
10 March 2010 [16:53]
This April Mikheil Saakashvili, President of Georgia, will visit Washington D.C. with an official visit and will hold a meeting with the U.S. President.
10 March 2010 [16:33]
10 March 2010 [16:25]
The Caspian countries' foreign ministers' next meeting is expected to take important decisions on the legal status of the Caspian Sea, Iranian Foreign Ministry Ramin Mehmanparast said.
10 March 2010 [15:53]
A group of Turkish officials from Energy Ministry are currently in Moscow for talks with Russian officials.
10 March 2010 [15:47]
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New German Ambassador to Georgia Ortwin Hennig, will arrive in Tbilisi, former Ambassador Patricia Flor, in Georgia, said.
10 March 2010 [15:13]
10 March 2010 [15:10]
An Israel official has once again threatened Iran with military confrontation by repeating the famous phrase of "all options should remain on the table."
10 March 2010 [14:55]
10 March 2010 [14:43]
Turkey's prime minister was presented with the "King Faisal International Prize for Service to Islam" at a ceremony held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.
10 March 2010 [14:35]
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has left Tehran for Kabul leading a high-ranking delegation on his first official visit to Afghanistan since the re-election of Hamid Karzai as president.
10 March 2010 [14:26]
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili hosted President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Joao Soares in Batumi, Adjara Region on Macrh 9.
10 March 2010 [14:22]
10 March 2010 [14:10]
Turkish Culture and Tourism Minister Ertugrul Gunay on Tuesday urged German officials to return in the shortest possible time a historical artifact to Turkey.
10 March 2010 [13:57]
In connection with termination of his diplomatic mission, Ambassador of Armenia in Romania Yeghishe Sargsyan met with President of Romania Traian Basescu.
10 March 2010 [13:51]
Georgian Parliamentary Speaker Davit Bakradze met with President of Poland Lech Kachinsky in Warsaw on March 9.
10 March 2010 [13:39]
10 March 2010 [13:15]
On March 9, Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan met with the newly appointed Polish Ambassador to Armenia Zdzislaw Raczynski.
10 March 2010 [13:10]
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says that imposing additional sanctions on Iran over its uranium enrichment program will not yield any results.
10 March 2010 [13:00]
10 March 2010 [11:23]
Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili considers some opposition members' contacts with Russia a betrayal of national interests of the country.
10 March 2010 [11:19]
On March 6, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan signed amendments to the Law on International Treaties approved by the National Assembly (Parliament).
10 March 2010 [11:14]
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has warned that imposing new sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program would be a very dangerous step.
10 March 2010 [11:00]
Turkey's leaders pledged Tuesday to build quake-proof homes after a magnitude 6 temblor shattered mud-brick homes in the eastern part of the country, killing 51 people. Still, similar promises after devastating earthquakes in the west in 1999 have had limited impact.
10 March 2010 [10:35]
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly may adopt special resolution on break-away territories of Georgia.
10 March 2010 [10:27]
Israel's UN ambassador says the prospects for imposing crippling sanctions on Iran are “grim” because Russia and China insist on diplomacy to solve the dispute over Iran's nuclear program.
10 March 2010 [10:23]
10 March 2010 [10:10]
President Saakashvili said on March 9 that Georgia was moving towards becoming “Switzerland of this region with elements of Singapore.”
10 March 2010 [09:55]
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang says Beijing insists that diplomacy is the only way to end the standoff over Iran's nuclear program.
10 March 2010 [09:47]
Turkish Parliament Speaker Mehmet Ali Sahin received a delegation led by Albanian Parliament Speaker Jozefina Topalli in Ankara on Tuesday.
09 March 2010 [20:25]
09 March 2010 [20:17]
Turkey said on Tuesday it will not send its ambassador back to Washington until it gets a clear sign on the fate of a U.S. resolution on Armenian 1915 allegations.
09 March 2010 [20:00]
Turkish prime minister said, "that Israel has accepted that Turkey will again mediate talks with Syria and we will assess it."
US signals possible Iran peace deal within weeks amid fragile ceasefire
North Korea fires multiple ballistic missiles into sea with new rising nuclear concerns
China eyes stealth drones to counter Taiwan’s “swarm boat” strategy
Antalya Diplomacy Forum highlights emerging Türkiye–Azerbaijan strategic axis
Zelensky: 'Every dollar' on Russian oil funds war
Iran reportedly planning coordinated strike that could wipe out 32% of global oil supply
Europe’s expanding footprint in Armenia raises old questions