Author: Steven Sahiounie

“We have made extensive efforts for the infrastructure and superstructure of Afghanistan and we have maintained these efforts until the very last moment,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters after Friday prayers in Istanbul, Anadolu news agency reported. About the Taliban’s recent visit to Turkey, Erdogan said the delegation made some requests in terms of support, humanitarian aid and the functionality of the new process in Afghanistan. “World leaders have not recognized the Taliban’s current position yet. They are in pursuit of recognition by other countries. We will provide the Afghan people with every kind of support in relation to these…

The Chinese Foreign Ministry has reiterated its opposition to Japan’s decision to release nuclear wastewater from the Fukushima power plant into the ocean, after Tokyo’s new leader said the discharge could wait no longer. Speaking on Monday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian took aim at Japan’s new prime minister, Fumio Kishida, who visited the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant on Sunday. “The Japanese side must listen to the voice of the international community, revoke the wrong decision, and stop advancing preparations for the discharge of nuclear wastewater into the ocean,” the spokesman told the gathered press, arguing that Tokyo needed…

By Kit Klarenberg Building a shadowy network of NGOs, charities and other umbrella organizations abroad has been identified as a key part of the UK’s strategy to reshape the world in its own image, a new tranche of leaked documents has revealed. In the wake of the landmark Brexit referendum in 2016, the UK government launched the opaque ‘Global Britain Fund’. Questions around the size of its budget, objectives, which projects it bankrolls and where, and other key questions have remained unanswered since. It was only two years later that then-Foreign Office minister Alan Duncan brought up the Fund in parliament for the first…

Seyyed Rouhollah Latifi Spokesman for the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) said on Monday Iran exported a shipment worth $39,000 to Saudi Arabia, marking the resumption of bilateral economic relations under the new administration in Iran after a year and a half that their bilateral trade were severed. “After one year and a half of severed relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia, exports to Saudi Arabia coincided with the two countries’ talks, which is good news,” Latifi added. Of total $39,000 worth of Iran’s export of products to Saudi Arabia, $6,000 of which is related to the export of tile while $33,000…

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian and his visiting Venezuelan counterpart Felix Plasencia held a meeting at the Iranian Foreign Ministry compound in Tehran on Monday morning. Their meeting is followed by a joint press conference, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Prior to the meeting with the Iranian counterpart, Plasencia met with President Ebrahim Raeisi. After meeting with Amir-Abdollahian, the Venezuelan foreign minister will also meet with the Speaker of the Iranian parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, as well as the Vice President for Economic Affairs, Mohsen Rezaei.source : mehrnews.com

October 18. The organization of the so-called Northern Supplies – goods deliveries to hard-to-reach territories in the Far North – requires federal support and effectively united logistics centers to make the supplies smooth and to cut retail prices, said regional representatives, who participated in a roundtable – Northern Supplies: Improving State Support Mechanisms – at the Federation Council. “With the purpose to provide the food security in the Far North districts and in the areas, to where the Northern Supplies are made, [it is necessary] to resume the federal support for the Northern supplies. A public-private partnership logistics center or…

ANKARA, October 18. Turkey is still ready to consider purchasing Russian-made Su-35 and Su-57 fighter jets, if Ankara fails to reach agreement with Washington on the delivery of US F-16 fighters, Head of Turkey’s Defense Industry Ismail Demir said on Monday. “If the United States does not approve a deal on the F-16s after the situation with F-35 aircraft, no alternatives will be left for Turkey. The issue of Su-35 and Su-57 planes may surface again at any time,” the Turkish NTV television channel quoted Demir as saying. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on October 17 that the United…

The Declaration of Freedom and Change (the ruling coalition in Sudan) forces called on Sunday to build a united Sudanese armed force and to go out in convoys next Thursday in support of the country’s democratic transition. The ruling coalition called on the Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) to participate in the convoy to silence the “putschists”, and to support the civil and democratic transition. It added calls for peace and the “building of a single Sudanese armed force” without an ally or competitor from any other force. Hundreds of Sudanese are continuing the sit-ins in front of the…

The head of Iraq’s Hezbollah Brigades security apparatus, Abou Ali Al-Askari, considered that the elections that took place in Iraq last week were fraudulent, stressing that the “general elections are the biggest fraud operation.” Al-Askari demanded that Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi be put on trial for his actions, the latest of which “is high treason for rigging the elections,” adding that diligent work must be done to restore the rights of the voters and their candidates. He noted that Iraq’s Hezbollah Brigades support the right to peaceful protest, adding that security apparatuses must protect the protestors. Iraq’s High Electoral Commission…

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Russian diplomacy played a major role in the international agreement to supply electricity and natural gas to Lebanon, which was facing a complete black-out. A team of Lebanese technicians, along with their Syrian counterparts, completed an inspection of the Arab Gas Pipeline, through which Egyptian natural gas is set to transit, as part of a plan to address Lebanon’s energy crisis. Work on the pipeline has progressed swiftly, which had sections damaged as a result of terrorist attacks in Syria. Syria is one of the transit countries the plan will use to meet Lebanon’s…