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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev, and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held a trilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Astana on July 3. In this meeting, Erdogan’s intentions of shaping the Caucasus and Central Asia in a Turkish-led order became even more apparent. This was the first meeting between leaders of the three countries in a trilateral format and had “historic significance,” according to Azertaj, with promises that such meetings would be held regularly. Previous trilateral meetings were only held at the level of foreign ministers, parliamentary speakers, and defence […] #Asia #Government #World Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/07/turkeys-alliance-with-azerbaijan-and-pakistan-expands-influence-in-caucasus-central-asia/?feed_id=13005

Six months after reclaiming the once Armenian-majority region of Nagorno-Karabakh in a lightening military campaign, Azerbaijan plans to upgrade its fighter aircraft fleet over the next decade. All reports indicate that Pakistan and Turkey will be the providers and not Russia, the traditional weapons supplier of Azerbaijan. This is an indication that despite the currently friendly Moscow-Baku ties, Azerbaijan is tilting further towards the Turkey and Pakistan nexus. Reports in Azerbaijani and Pakistani media in late February claimed that their respective countries agreed to sell an undisclosed number of Pakistani JF-17C Thunder fighter jets for $1.6 billion. At the same […] #Government #WarZone #World Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/03/azerbaijan-snubs-traditional-weapon-supplier-russia-for-turkey/?feed_id=9987

by Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio During the Vilnius Summit, NATO reaffirmed its readiness to grant Ukraine membership at some point in the future. A joint statement released during the annual summit of the US-led bloc said Kiev would be invited to join only “when allies agree and conditions are met,” but it will be allowed to […] #Featured #Investigations #UkraineWar #WarZone Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2023/07/natos-islamic-puppy-hugs-the-nation-which-allowed-the-burning-of-quran-in-contempt-for-muslims/?feed_id=2062

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara by Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio VERSIONE IN ITALIANO After the earthquake emergency in Turkey, with the doubt that it was caused by Western 007 undermining some of the too many oil wells built insanely on an underground fault line with very high seismic […] #Featured #Investigations #UkraineWar #WarZone Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2023/07/natos-jihadist-blackmails-putin-for-5million-at-month/?feed_id=2013

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban described the election victory of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu as a “huge relief” in a radio broadcast on Friday. “If Erdogan had not won, Soros’ man would have opened the borders to immigrants,” Orban claimed, referring to Kilicdaroglu as an agent of billionaire currency speculator […] #Featured #World Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2023/06/hungarian-pm-orban-delighted-by-erdogans-victory-over-soros-man-in-turkey/?feed_id=1027

John Fetterman, Oz’s Democratic opponent, has failed to slam Oz on the above points, particularly his rival’s apparent indifference to Ankara’s support of terrorism.

Besides providing lethal drones to Ukraine and closing Bosphorus straits to warships, Erdogan reportedly introduced Syria’s battle hardened militants to the Ukraine conflict.