Egypt
Turkey’s maritime gambit: offering Egypt waters it doesn’t own
Turkey says it is ready to sign a maritime boundary deal with Egypt in the eastern Mediterranean, offering Cairo extra waters at Greece’s expense.
Turkey is considering the deployment of F-16 aircraft to Cyprus, a Turkish defence ministry source said on Saturday.
Aerial view of the city center of Famagusta in Northern Cyprus © Mena Today
Turkey is considering the deployment of F-16 aircraft to Cyprus, a Turkish defence ministry source said on Saturday.
The person said such a move was one of the steps being considered amid the phased planning underway to ensure the security of the breakaway Turkish Cypriot state in the north of the island, as conflict spreads in the region.
Reporting by Tuvan Gumrukcu
Turkey says it is ready to sign a maritime boundary deal with Egypt in the eastern Mediterranean, offering Cairo extra waters at Greece’s expense.
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan cautioned on Friday against any renewed attack on Iran, saying such a move would exacerbate tensions and further expand the conflict there, adding that diplomacy and dialogue were the only way to end the war.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday that peace negotiators from Ukraine, Russia and the United States had agreed to meet at a technical level in the first half of November in Abu Dhabi, adding that he hoped a meeting of the countries' leaders would follow.
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