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Sweden wants to resume 'dialogue' with Turkey on NATO
Jan 24, 2023 (AFP)
"Our collective message is that we want to call for calm, for reflection, for calm in the process so that we can return to functioning talks between Sweden, Fin...
Turkey postpones NATO talks with Sweden, Finland
Jan 24, 2023 (AFP)
Ankara announced its decision one day after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lashed out at Sweden for allowing weekend protests that included the burning ...
Finland says must consider joining NATO without Sweden
Jan 24, 2023 (AFP)
"We have to assess the situation, whether something has happened that in the longer term would prevent Sweden from going ahead," Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto...
Erdogan warns Sweden on NATO after Koran burning
Jan 23, 2023 (AFP)
Erdogan's furious comments further distanced the prospects of Sweden and Finland joining the Western defence alliance before Turkey's presidential and parliamen...
US says 'repugnant' Sweden Koran burning could be sabotage
Jan 23, 2023 (AFP)
Swedish-Danish politician Rasmus Paludan on Saturday torched the Islamic holy book in front of Ankara's embassy in Stockholm just as Turkey holds up Sweden's ap...
Sweden's NATO bid hit by repeated rows with Turkey
Jan 22, 2023 (AFP)
The chances of this changing after Turkey's parliamentary elections due in mid-May are uncertain, said Paul Levin, director of Stockholm University's Institute ...
Anti-Turkey demo in Sweden deepens tensions over NATO bid
Jan 21, 2023 (AFP)
Turkish officials denounced the permission granted to Rasmus Paludan, a right-wing Swedish-Danish politician, to stage a protest Saturday in front of its embass...
US, Philippines vow to boost security ties to address 'flashpoints'
Jan 20, 2023 (AFP)
Manila hosted a high-level security dialogue with its top defence ally as part of efforts by President Ferdinand Marcos to restore a seven-decade partnership th...
Johnson compares Putin to 'fat boy in Dickens'
Jan 19, 2023 (AFP)
Speaking in Davos, Johnson said Putin wanted to present the war in Ukraine as a "nuclear standoff between NATO and Russia." "Nonsense. He's not going to use nuc...
Kyiv urges allies to 'considerably' boost military aid
Jan 19, 2023 (AFP)
A joint statement from Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and Defence Minister Oleksiy Reznikov came on the eve of a major donor meeting to be hosted by the United ...
Kremlin warns of escalation if West gives Ukraine longer range weapons
Jan 19, 2023 (AFP)
"Potentially, this is extremely dangerous, it will mean bringing the conflict to a whole new level, which, of course, will not bode well from the point of view ...
Zelensky writes letter to invite Xi for 'dialogue'
Jan 18, 2023 (AFP)
Zelensky has repeatedly sought to make contact with Xi since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February last year in the hope that Beijing will use its influence ...
Swedish far-right leader calls Erdogan 'Islamist dictator'
Jan 18, 2023 (AFP)
Jimmie Akesson, whose party is currently propping up the Swedish government, made the comments in an interview with the Dagens Nyheter newspaper published Wedne...
Philippines' Marcos says South China Sea 'keeps him up at night'
Jan 18, 2023 (AFP)
Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Marcos said his nation was watching as a "bystander" whenever tensions rise after Chinese or US wars...
Erdogan effigy stunt in Sweden aimed to reveal 'dictatorial' Turkey
Jan 17, 2023 (AFP)
The brazen stunt in front of the city hall incensed Turkey, which is yet to ratify Sweden's bid to join NATO after Russia invaded Ukraine last February. Ankara ...
Blinken to pay long-awaited China visit on February 5-6
Jan 17, 2023 (AFP)
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Blinken would arrive in the Chinese capital on February 5 and also hold talks the following day, going ah...
Hanging of Erdogan effigy not a crime: Swedish prosecutors
Jan 16, 2023 (AFP)
"A decision has been taken not to initiate a preliminary investigation," a spokeswoman for Sweden's Prosecution Authority told AFP, providing no further details...
Turkey 'not in a position' to ratify Swedish bid; Ukraine says it is 'de facto' part of NATO
Jan 14, 2023 (AFP)
"We are not in a position to send a (ratification) law to the parliament," President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's foreign policy adviser Ibrahim Kalin told reporters....
After G7 tour, Japan PM says East Asia could be next Ukraine
Jan 14, 2023 (AFP)
Kicking off Japan's year as head of the Group of Seven, Kishida visited leaders of all members of the elite club except Germany, where he plans to go soon follo...
Ukraine says it is 'de facto' part of NATO
Jan 13, 2023 (AFP)
Oleksiy Reznikov said he was confident that Western allies would shed their inhibitions about supplying Ukraine with heavier weapons such as tanks and fighter j...
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