Ankara, 30 March 2021 (Anadolu News) The Heart of Asia – Istanbul Process member nations said on Tuesday they support the ongoing efforts for the peace process and the continuation of the negotiations between the Afghan government and the Taliban. “We acknowledge that long-term stability and prosperity in the region require peace and security in...

Moscow/Kabul, 30 March 2021 (Anadolu News) Following US President Joe Biden's suggestions about a possible delay in the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan under the Doha agreement, the Taliban warned that it will launch its annual spring offensive. Mohammad Naeem, the spokesman for the Taliban’s political office in Qatar and a member of its...

Tehran, 27 March 2021 (Bloomberg News) China and Iran signed an overarching deal aimed at charting the course of their economic, political and trade relations over the next 25 years. The Chinese government plans to invest in Iran and buy oil from the Islamic Republic, further straining ties with the U.S. already frayed by China’s imports...

Beijing, 25 march 2021 (Xinhua News) Chinese and European Union negotiation departments are carrying out a necessary legal review of the China-EU investment agreement, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said on Thursday. The investment treaty is in the interests of both sides and will benefit the world, MOC spokesperson Gao Feng said at a press...

Doha, 23 March 2021 (Qatar Tribune) By Ashraf Siddiqui The Qatar and Tajikistan Joint Intergovernmental Commission on Economic, Trade and Technical Cooperation meeting will be held in Doha in May this year, Ambassador of Tajikistan to Qatar HE Khisrav Sohibzoda has said. The envoy said the Tajik delegation would be headed by Minister of Economic...

Doha, 19 March 2021 (Qatar Tribune) By Ashraf Siddiqui Minister of Internal Affairs of Moldova Pavel Voicu has thanked Prime Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani for inviting him to attend the just concluded international exhibition on homeland security and civil defence (Milipol Qatar 2021). In an...

Istanbul, 19 March 2021 (Anadolu News) Turkey’s president on Friday condemned an incident in which rockets fired from across the Syrian border landed in the southern Turkish province of Kilis. “Of course the attack on Kilis province was unacceptable," Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters following Friday prayers in the metropolis of Istanbul. "In response to this...

Doha, 10 March 2021 (Gulf Times) By Zhou Jian/Ambassador Of China To Qatar Deep in the remote mountains that stretch for hundreds of kilometres in China’s inland Sichuan province, there was once an isolated, impoverished “cliff village”, which was connected to the outside world only by a near-vertical ladder made from cane. Now, everyone has...

Nicosia, 10 March 2021 Turkish Cypriot President Ersin Tatar has said that 'As the Turkish Cypriot side, we insist on continuing with our own state, but we are ready to cooperate and negotiate'. According to an official statement issued today from the Presidency, President Ersin Tatar who was the guest of the TRT World Channel...

09 March 2021 (Time) There was one clear thread throughout Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's dynamic interview with Oprah Winfrey on Sunday night: They believe they were driven from the royal family because of racism. It was explicit in perhaps the most shocking allegation: that a member of the royal family came to Harry while...