Yaşar Yakış, born 1938, is a founding member of Turkey’s governing Justice and Development Party. Yakış has been Minister for Foreign Affairs 2002 – 2003 and Member of the Turkish Parliament between 2002 and 2011. Yakış entered the Foreign Ministry in 1962 and served different posts in Belgium, Nigeria and Syria as well as being part of the Turkish NATO ...
Turkey and Egypt are in the middle of a historic process. The two countries have the opportunity to change the equation in the region and especially in the Eastern Mediterranean, if the right steps are taken. Turkey has interpreted recent decisions of Egypt in the Eastern Mediterranean as a move of goodwill, and Ankara has started calls to Cairo for ...
Myanmar – the coup On February 1, Myanmar’s military rebelled against a rigged election allegedly won by pro-Western candidate Aung San Suu Kyi, head of Myanmar’s ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) party and state councilor. Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained along with Myanmar President Win Myint and other members of the political leadership. The military said the ...
The US elections, the recent events in Libya and reconciliation in the Gulf are not only on the agenda of Turkey but also on that of the world. I interviewed Rakha Ahmed Hassan, former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt, another key country of West Asia besides Turkey and Iran, Egypt’s perspectives on the issues as well as stance ...
By Nardine Ali (Egypt) Egypt, finally, acknowledges Sarraj’s government in Libya In an unprecedented step that has overturned Libya’s political and military situations, Egypt has approached the Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli, sparking approbation and discontent in several capitals around the world. The first Egyptian delegation to be sent to Tripoli in 6 years included the deputy Director ...
The Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) started in Tunis on November 9. The main organizer is the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), led by the former US Charge d’Affaires in Libya Stephanie Williams. The task of the forum, according to the UN mission in Libya, is “to generate a unified governance framework and arrangements that will lead to holding ...
Initiative by Ahmed Maiteeq may change Libya forever On September 18, Libyan National Army (LNA) Commander Khalifa Haftar announced the resumption of oil production and exports in Libya. The general, whose army controls the eastern and southern parts of the country, explained his decision by concern for the welfare of citizens. Haftar stressed that a precondition for resuming Libyan oil ...
On July 7, Italian Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini arrived in Ankara to discuss defensive cooperation and the situation in Libya with his Turkish counterpart Hulusi Akar. This visit will be the second of a high-level Italian representative to Ankara related to the situation in Libya. On June 19, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said that Turkey and Italy will cooperate ...
The recent conference held in the German capital has proven that only Turkey and Russia are in a position to negotiate a peaceful settlement in Libya. Peace talks were held this Sunday as both sides of the conflict in Libya came together in Berlin. As a continuation of the talks on January 13 in Moscow, the two central opposing forces ...
The commander of the Libyan National Army’s decision to participate in continued talks is a sign of hope for a successful continuation of the peace process that began in Istanbul. Libyan National Army Commander General Khalifa Haftar has said he supports the initiative to hold peace talks in Moscow. He expressed his readiness in a letter to Russian President Vladimir ...