Author: Steven Sahiounie

Russia awaits Armenia’s final decision regarding its membership in the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Saturday. “We are waiting when we will all receive an official confirmation of what the final decision [of Armenia on the CSTO membership] will be. They say: here we will de facto freeze [the participation] in the CSTO, and if we want we can de jure freeze [it] or de jure quit it,” Lavrov told reporters during the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, adding that the current situation is “not a pretty picture.” Armenia has decided to bet on countries…

Nicaragua has filed a case against Germany at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing it of providing financial and military support to Israel during its war on Gaza, according to an announcement by the ICJ on Friday. The ICJ announced on Friday that Nicaragua had submitted an “application instituting proceedings” and had requested emergency measures, citing Germany’s alleged violations of its obligations under the Genocide Convention and the 1949 Geneva Conventions on the laws of war, particularly in relation to the occupied Palestinian territories, including the Gaza Strip. According to the ICJ, Nicaragua’s submission to the court asserts that…

Preliminary results from the Iranian parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections show that the turnout has surpassed 40 percent. Citing unofficial statistics, Iranian media reported on Saturday that the rate of participation in the nationwide vote for the 12th term of the Iranian Parliament (Majlis) and the 6th term of the Assembly of Experts was over 40%, with the results of the vote counting in a number of constituencies yet to be released. The polls opened at 8 a.m. local time (0430) on Friday and the voting began at 59,000 polling stations across the country, with more than 15,000 candidates…

The office of EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has requested an “impartial international investigation on this tragic event” following the killing of more than 100 Palestinians waiting for aid deliveries near Gaza City. “In any case, it is Israel’s responsibility to comply with the rules of international law and to protect the distribution of humanitarian aid to civilian populations,” Borrell office said in a statement. “The responsibility for this incident lays on the restrictions imposed by the Israeli army and obstructions by violent extremists to the supply of humanitarian aid,” the statement added. “This very serious incident reveals that…

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation will hold an extraordinary meeting of its Council of Foreign Ministers to discuss the continuing Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people. The session will be held at the headquarters of the OIC in Jeddah on Tuesday, the Saudi Press Agency reported. OIC Secretary-General Hissein Brahim Taha is expected to address the opening session, which will be preceded by a preparatory senior officials’ meeting on March 4 to discuss and adopt the draft agenda and work program, and consider the draft resolution before submitting it to the Council of Foreign Ministers the following day. On Oct.…

Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets with Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, expresses Türkiye’s readiness to mediate between Somalia, Ethiopia Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Somalian counterpart Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Saturday discussed Israeli “massacres” in the Palestinian territory, humanitarian aid, and bilateral relations. “The meeting addressed Türkiye-Somalia relations, Israel’s massacres in the Palestinian territory as well as humanitarian aid, the fight against terrorism and regional and global issues,” the country’s Communications Directorate said on X. The two presidents met on the sidelines of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum. In the meeting, President Erdogan affirmed Ankara’s ongoing commitment to supporting Somalia across various…

The Higher Presidential Committee of Church Affairs today said that all efforts made to cease fire and end this “criminal, fascist aggression” against the Palestinian people have completely failed due to Israeli arrogance and the inability of the international community and its institutions to implement its decisions. Chairman of the Committee, Ramzi Khoury, called for the international institutions to stop this war of genocide waged against the Palestinian people, force Israel to comply with international laws and the Geneva Conventions, and stop committing more war crimes against our people. Khoury pointed out to the hideous massacre committed by the occupation against hundreds of civilians…

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) will host its 159th ministerial session in Riyadh on Sunday, while separate meetings will be held involving the foreign ministers of Jordan, Egypt and Morocco.“The GCC Ministerial Council and the joint ministerial meetings with Egypt, Jordan and Morocco will be held on March 3,” the GCC posted on X.The council shared a statement from GCCs Secretary-General Jassim Mohammed Al-Budaiwi, which said: “The meeting of the 159th Ministerial Council of the GCC will be held (on) Sunday in Riyadh, headed by Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, prime minister and minister of foreign affairs of…

The Iranian ambassador to the United Nations categorically refuted the accusation of Iran’s involvement in the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine. In a letter to President of the UN Security Council Yamazaki Kazuyuki on Friday, Saeed Iravani categorically rejected the “unfounded allegations leveled against the Islamic Republic of Iran in the joint statements delivered by the Permanent Representative and the Foreign Minister of Ukraine.” The Iranian envoy said Ukraine has “erroneously claimed Iran was providing military support to the Russian Federation in the Ukraine crisis, in contravention of UNSC Resolution 2231.” “The Islamic Republic of Iran has constantly taken…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited on Friday the “Bulletproof Dreams: Paintings by Gazan Children” exhibition organized within the scope of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF). President Erdogan visited the exhibition arranged by the Presidency Communications Directorate upon his arrival at the NEST Congress and Exhibition Center in Belek Tourism Center where the ADF began. Erdogan was accompanied by his spouse, Emine Erdogan, along with TRNC President Ersin Tatar, Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, and Communications Director Fahrettin Altun. After the visit, Erdogan greeted the leaders attending the Antalya Diplomacy Forum. *Writing by Gizem Nisa Cebi in…