By Orçun Göktürk, Beijing / China This year marked the 8th summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). The first summit of the Forum, which is held every three years, was in 2000. The Forum was widely attended. The leaders of 53 African countries, the chairman of the African Union Commission, the UN secretary general and heads of various ...
By Islam Farag, reporting from Cairo, Egypt Last February, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited Egypt, a remarkable development given years of friction between the two countries. During his important visit, Cairo and Ankara signed several agreements in the fields of tourism, culture and education. At that time, the two presidents agreed to develop a working relationship on various issues, ...
By Mesoud Sadrmohammadi Following Iran’s missile strike on Israel’s military and security zones, the regime was left with no choice but to remain silent in the face of Iran, paving the way for an event on which many political experts agreed upon, namely the redefinition of Middle Eastern political structures. By acquiescing to Iran’s harsh response to the regime’s aggression ...
By Orçun Göktürk, Beijing / China 2023 was a year of fundamental changes in the balance of power around the world. The international balance of power continued to undergo a decisive shift to the detriment of US imperialism and the reactionary forces around the world and in favor of the peoples of the world and the global anti-imperialist forces. The ...
By Prof.Dr. Fernando Esteche * Short history of contemporary Sino-Argentine bilateral relations There are several milestones that we can list to contribute to the understanding of relations between China and Argentina. They reach even further back than the consolidation of the Shanghai Cooperation Association and the launch of the One Belt One Road (BRI) or New Silk Road initiative, symbol ...
I have been in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, for a week. It snowed two days long, but now spring is in full bloom. It is invigorating with a blue sky that is rarely seen in Shanghai and fresh clean air. During the holy month of Ramadan, we are in a society that fulfills the obligations ...
By Işıkgün Akfırat For the first time in three years, an Australian Foreign Minister – Penny Wong – visited Beijing on an official ecnounter. Australian officials gave the message that the mistakes of previous governments, which undermined bilateral relations along with American policies, will be reversed. The Chinese side welcomed Australia’s diplomatic move. Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong arrived in ...
Recently, a website created by the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine (www.sanctions.nazk.gov.ua) revealed that sanctions were demanded upon the international community against Turkish state-owned and private-owned banks operating in Russia, their CEOs and other businesspeople. The website listed of the CEOs of Ziraat Bank, IsBank, Denizbank and Credit Europe Bank, alongside their mug shots and home addresses. The US chooses, Kiev ...
By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein * Already the result of the first electoral round in the Colombian presidential elections held on May 29, revealed a clear perspective on the future of that country’s relationship with Venezuela and established the certainty that it would have a transcendent change with respect to of what happened in the most recent past. The two candidates ...