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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Saturday he expedited the delivery of $4 billion in military assistance to Israel. “I have signed a declaration to use emergency authorities to expedite the delivery of approximately $4 billion in military assistance to Israel,” Rubio said in a statement. “The decision to reverse the Biden Administration’s partial arms embargo, which wrongly withheld a number of weapons and ammunition from Israel, is yet another sign that Israel has no greater ally in the White House than President Trump,” he added. His statement came one day after the State Department said it approved potential…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Sunday praised U.S. President Donald Trump’s pragmatic aim to end the war in Ukraine but scolded Europe for seeking to continue the conflict, Russian news agencies reported.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer held separate calls with the presidents and the US and France after meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Downing Street on Saturday, according to media reports. Starmer’s conversations with Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron were constructive and centered on finding a path forward, Sky News reported.. Starmer reiterated his country’s support for Ukraine during talks with Zelenskyy in London. That was after a heated exchange Friday between Zelenskyy, Trump and US Vice President JD Vance in the Oval Office. During the exchange, Trump criticized the Ukrainian leader’s attitude, while Zelenskyy expressed his expectation of support…
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Saturday Türkiye would resume operations against the bloody-minded PKK terror group if the process of disarmament is stalled or promises are not kept. Erdoğan was speaking at an event in Istanbul on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that his relations with the United States can still be repaired, after President Donald Trump shouted at him in an angry White House meltdown accusing the Ukrainian leader of refusing to make peace with Russia. “Of course,” Zelensky said when asked in a Fox News interview if the relationship with Trump could be salvaged. US-Ukrainian ties are about “more than two presidents,” he said, adding that Ukraine badly needs Washington’s help in the fight against Russia’s far bigger and better-armed military. “It will be difficult without your support,” Zelensky said on Fox — Trump’s favorite news…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday said that terrorist ringleader Abdullah Öcalan’s appeal for the bloody-minded PKK terror group to disband and disarm was a “historic opportunity”. “We have a historic opportunity to advance towards the objective of destroying the wall of terror”, Erdoğan said in a statement while referring to the jailed PKK founder Öcalan’s call. The PKK, which is listed as a terrorist organisation by Ankara and its western allies, has led a decades-long armed campaign against the Turkish state. On Thursday, Öcalan said “all groups must lay down their arms and the PKK must dissolve itself”…
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Thursday rejected US President Donald Trump’s remark that the European Union “was formed in order to screw the United States”. Trump threatened to slap 25-percent tariffs on goods imported from the EU as frictions soared between Washington and its European allies. “Look, let’s be honest, the European Union was formed in order to screw the United States,” Trump told reporters in Washington on Wednesday. “That’s the purpose of it, and they’ve done a good job of it,” he added. But Tusk, a former European Council chief, has rebutted Trump’s words, saying on X: “The…
Iraq’s Kurdistan regional president Nechirvan Barzani on Thursday welcomed jailed PKK founder Abdullah Öcalan’s call for the bloody-minded terrorist group to lay down its weapons and dissolve. “We warmly welcome Öcalan’s message… and we call on the PKK to adhere to and implement this message,” Barzani said on X. “We in the Kurdistan region fully support the peace process,” he added, offering his support to ensure its success.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said that “not everyone is pleased” with the recent Russia-US contacts aimed at normalization of ties, claiming that there are attempts by “Western elites” to disrupt the process. Speaking at the headquarters of the Russian Federal Security Service in Moscow on the occasion of the Special Operations Forces Day, Putin praised the approach of US President Donald Trump’s administration on global affairs, saying: “The current US partners demonstrate pragmatism and a realistic approach, moving beyond stereotypes.” The Russian leader said that Moscow is ready for peace talks on the Ukrainian settlement as well as…
As part of efforts to normalize relations between Washington and Moscow, a Russian delegation arrived at the US Consulate General residence in Istanbul for a meeting to discuss operation of their respective embassies. The Russian delegation reached the residence in Istanbul at 09.50 a.m. local time (0650 GMT). Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Turkish Foreign Ministry sources had confirmed on Wednesday that the meeting would take place. “We announced that our diplomats and high-level experts would meet and consider the systemic problems that had accumulated as a result of the illegal activities of the previous (US) administration to create…