By Orçun Göktürk / President of the Turkish-Chinese Belt and Road Institute Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping ahead of the opening of the 19th Asian Games. Apart from a visit to Moscow, this is Assad’s first trip outside West Asia since the imperialist intervention in Syria in 2011. Almost 20 years after his visit in ...
The leader of the Turkish Vatan (Patriotic) Party, Doğu Perinçek, said that the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) could not have attempted a terrorist attack in the center of Ankara without approval from the United States. Turkish security forces are carrying out the anti-terrorist operation “Heroes” throughout the country after an attempted terrorist attack on Sunday morning near the Interior Ministry ...
Russian President Putin’s proposal to establish a gas energy hub in Türkiye is in negotiations between the Russian company Gazprom and Turkish BOTAŞ, state-owned-entreprise responsible for transportation and sale of natural gas. We spoke about the idea of becoming an energy hub with Professor Şenay Yalçın from the Bahçeşehir University in Istanbul. An Yalçın spend his entire academic life researching ...
For my brother and comrade Orlando Bahamondes “Caballito” Who left this world a few days ago, taking away his nobility and his goodness, but leaving us infinite signs of his conviction, his passion and his fighting spirit for a better world. Always towards victory! The recent visit to Chile caused me deep discomfort when I observed – like in no ...
“The US is using the Armenian government to create a second Ukraine and destabilize the region. This is why they have fueled the conflict in the region.” Uwidata author Onur Sinan Güzaltan evaluated the recent developments in the South Caucasus on Russia Today’s French broadcast. Political scientist Onur Sinan Güzaltan, welcome to our broadcast. Senior American officials, Samantha Power, the ...
By Yiğit Saner, reporting from Rome, Italy One of the main themes of the G20 summit revolved around the question of how China-Italy relations would unfold following Italy’s decision to withdraw from the “Silk Road” cooperation (Belt and Road Initiative). The Initiative envisaged numerous infrastructure and commercial investments to facilitate trade with Beijing. According to Italian sources, the meeting with ...
This article discusses the developments in the South Caucasus and France’s activities in the region. It was first published in French on African thinker Nathalie Yamb’s blog. English translation by UWI. Indeed, following a flash offensive by Baku troops last week, the President of Nagorno-Karabakh acknowledged his defeat and officially signed his surrender to Azerbaijan on Thursday, September 28, 2023, ...
In 2019 Italy joined the Belt and Road Initiative, but recent statements from top officials suggest that the agreement might not be renewed again. The Belt and Road Initiative by China, aimed at reviving trade along the historic Silk Road, remains uncertain in Rome. Italy, the only G7 member in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), is contemplating an exit ...
The BRICS alliance is going to enlarge in 2024. With a population of more than 120 million the second most populated country in Africa, Ethiopia will be one of the new members. What are the country’s reasons for and expectations from a membership? We asked these questions to Awad Absulsebur, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Ethiopian news agency, the country’s official ...
The United States is continuing its attempts to get a foot into the South Caucasus using Armenia and the ethnic Armenians, while pressuring Azerbaijan. On September 25, USAID Administrator Samantha Power has conveyed U.S. President Joe Biden’s letter to Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan. “I assure you the United States will continue to stand beside Armenia as you work ...