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“Akkuyu NPP construction activities are progressing successfully now,” the Turkish leader said Ankara and Moscow are able to make steps within the framework of plans to build the second nuclear power plant (NPP) in Sinop, President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan said during talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. “As we spoke earlier, I believe we will speak about making steps in the context of the nuclear power plant in Sinop,” the Turkish leader said. “Akkuyu NPP construction activities are progressing successfully now,” Erdogan said. “As you noted earlier, it is important that about 25,000 jobs were created. Efforts…

The Israeli occupation forces today detained at least 11 Palestinians during raids at their homes in the occupied territories, including a 59-year-old woman, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) and other sources. The PPS said the soldiers detained Hanan Saleh Barghouti, 59, during a raid at her home in the town of Kobar, near Ramallah. It said Barghouti is the sister of Nael Barghouti, incarcerated in Israel for 43 years for his resistance to the occupation. Her two sons are also serving time in administrative detention in Israel without charge or trial. In addition to arresting the Barghouti woman…

The US leader apparently hoped to meet his Chinese counterpart at the upcoming G20 summit in India US President Joe Biden expressed his disappointment when asked about Chinese President Xi Jinping’s reported plan to skip the summit of G20 leaders in New Delhi. “I am disappointed… but I am going to get to see him,” Biden told reporters in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware on Sunday, without elaborating upon where exactly he hopes to meet the Chinese leader and when. Xi Jinping is unlikely to attend the upcoming G20 summit in India in person, Reuters reported last week, citing unnamed Chinese and Indian…

he 50th extraordinary conference of Federation of Arab Communities in Latin America (FEARAB America) began Monday at Damascus University Amphitheater. Speaking at the conference, Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Fayssal Mikdad considered that this conference constitutes an essential lever of national efforts with the countries where expatriates reside, in addition to being a bridge to enhance communication with the aim of explaining that What is happening in Syria is the opposite of what the Western media promotes. Syria stands by the good powers of the world, including the countries where you reside, to build a new world without colonialism and hegemony…

Premier of the State Council of China Li Qiang will participate in the G20 Summit hosted by India later this week, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said on Monday. “At the invitation of the Indian government, Premier Li Qiang will attend the 18th G20 leaders’ summit in New Delhi on September 9-10,” Mao told reporters. India took over the G20 presidency on December 1, 2022. New Delhi will host over 200 group meetings during the presidency. The culmination will be the final summit of G20 leaders, to be held in the capital of India on September 9-10, after which…

The presidential plane landed at 12:15 p.m. Moscow time Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has arrived in Sochi for talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. The presidential plane landed at 12:15 p.m. Moscow time, the Aksam newspaper reported. Earlier, a source in the Turkish leader’s office said that the talks would begin at 1:00 p.m. Moscow time. The main topic of the consultations will be the grain deal. Source: TASS

Southeast Asian countries must not allow themselves to be used by “external forces,” the Chinese foreign minister has said Southeast Asian countries must avoid following in the footsteps of Ukraine and beware of being used as geopolitical pawns by foreign forces that are sowing discord in the region for their own gain, China’s top diplomat has warned. “The crisis in Ukraine has sounded the alarm for mankind, and similar tragedies must not be staged in Asia,” Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Saturday in a video address at a think tank conference hosted by the Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia in Jakarta. “We…

The negotiations with the Russian leader are expected to begin at 1:00 p.m. Moscow time Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has left for Sochi to hold talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, the meeting is scheduled to start at 1:00 p.m. Moscow time, a source in the Turkish leader’s office told TASS. “The president has left for Sochi. The negotiations with Putin are expected to begin at 1:00 p.m. [Moscow time],” the source said. It is planned that the main topic of consultations between the two leaders will be the grain deal. On September 5, Erdogan plans to discuss…

Marjorie Taylor-Green added that she is the only member of the US Congress who is open about this Ukrainian leaders are losing their conflict with Russia, Marjorie Taylor Greene, a member of the US House of Representatives from Georgia, told US radio show host Alex Jones. “Ukraine is losing this war,” the Republican congresswoman said in an interview on madmaxworld.tv on Sunday. She added that she was “probably the only member of Congress that will say that out loud.” Also, Taylor Greene criticized Washington’s sanctions policy which she said was prompting BRICS to strengthen their commercial ties which may make…

Also, the heads of state may discuss Russian natural gas supplies Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan plans to discuss with Russian leader Vladimir Putin the viability of the grain deal under new UN terms, a policy source in Ankara told TASS. “Definitely, the coming talks in Sochi will mostly focus on the viability of the previous grain deal. The two leaders will thoroughly consider new proposals that have been drafted by the United Nations with Turkey’s participation,” the source said. On Sunday, the Sabah newspaper reported that a new package of UN proposals includes one on beginning negotiations on lifting restrictions on…