Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu
Ankara has agreed with Russia in principle over the lifting of visas for businessmen, truck drivers and service passport holders, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Wednesday.
Speaking at the 10th Ambassadors' Conference in the capital Ankara, Çavuşoğlu said he on Tuesday discussed with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov the lifting of visas for Turkish citizens, and also exchanged views on Syria and Idlib.
"Of course our desire is the total lifting of visas," Cavusoglu said.
Russian Foreign Ministry on Sunday said in a statement that Moscow is "willing" to lift visa regime in some categories for Turkish citizens.
Following Turkey’s shooting down of an intruding Russian military jet over the Turkey-Syria border in November 2015, Russia imposed a range of unilateral sanctions on Turkey, including a ban on food imports and an end to visa-free travel.
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Messages of support and solidarity with Ankara against Washington’s economic war continue to pour in from across the globe as leaders from all five continents stand united with Turkey in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs and sanctions against Turkish ministers under the pretext of Ankara’s ongoing arrest of U.S. pastor Andrew Brunson. Message of support from Indonesia and QatarThe Indonesian Council of Ulama on Wednesday expressed strong support for Turkey against the United States' recent economic attacks.Head of the council's external affairs committee, Muhyiddin Junaidi expressed support for Turkey and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's stance against the U.S.Stressing that the U.S. targeted Muslim countries and tried to curb Turkey's power in the region, Junaidi said that the Muslim world must use their own currency in trade among themselves against the U.S. dollar.Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani will visit Turkey in what has been deemed by observers as a “show of support” for his close ally.The emir "will discuss bilateral relations with the Turkish president and means of strengthening the existing strategic cooperation between the two countries in various fields," said a Qatar News Agency statement. Individuals from across world heed Erdoğan’s call A large number of initiatives were launched by individuals from across the world in response to President Erdoğan’s call to support the ailing lira. Afghan, Sudanese and Somali nationals residing in the Swedish capital rushed to exchange offices to convert their krona to Turkish liras to help shore up Turkey’s national currency.European bank remains committed to TurkeyThe European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on Tuesday said it “remains committed” to Turkey, following the recent volatility in Turkish lira.EBRD’s cumulative investment in Turkey has reached nearly 10.7 billion euros ($12.2 billion) with 271 projects in Turkey, according to the bank's website.The EBRD is a leading investor in Turkey which was the biggest recipient of EBRD funds last year and has offices in Istanbul, Ankara and Gaziantep.Lebanese experts praise resilience of Turkish economyTurkish finance minister to meet foreign investorsGlobal confidence about the future of Turkish economyStressing their confidence about the future of Turkish economy, Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry in a statement said, “Our country will continue to invest capital and take an active part in Turkey's economy”"Azerbaijan, as always, will continue to support Turkish people and the state in all areas," it added.On Monday, Lebanese businesspeople launched a solidarity campaign for the Turkish lira by offering discounts for customers making purchases in Turkish currency.Expressing its solidarity, Pakistan reiterated its strong support for the Turkish people and nation on Monday.“The people and the government of Pakistan reiterate their strong support for the government and the people of Turkey in their quest for peace and prosperity, and as always, will continue to stand by them towards the achievement of these shared goals,” a statement by the Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said.New world currency will topple dollar: Russian deputyItaly could suffer same fateItaly's Prime Ministry Undersecretary Giancarlo Giorgetti expressed Italy’s concern and said his country could face an economic attack similar to Turkey in August. He stated that they were expecting a similar crisis by the end of August or beginning of September as market assaults were affected by small summer trading volumes.
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The alliance forged between Ankara and Moscow is not directed at other countries, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said Wednesday."As we have emphasized on every level, Russia is not friends with somebody [to be] against somebody else," Zakharova said."For example, Russian collaboration with Turkey is not directed at third countries."New world currency will topple dollar: Russian deputyHer comments followed a controversial statement issued by the Greek Foreign Ministry claiming that Russia was a “comrade in arms with Turkey.”“Since it began fighting as a comrade in arms with Turkey, providing it with a number of facilitations in the security sector, it appears to be steadily distancing itself from positions befitting the level of friendship and cooperation that has characterized Greek-Russian relations for the past 190 years,” the statement read.Relations between Greece and Russia have recently deteriorated. Russia said on Monday it had summoned Greece's ambassador to Moscow and told him it was responding in kind to what it called an unfriendly decision by Athens to expel two Russian diplomats.Greece said in July it had expelled two Russian diplomats and barred two other people from entering the country for trying to bribe officials and foment demonstrations to thwart a deal to allow Macedonia to join NATO. Russia flatly denied the allegations.Russia says dollar's days numbered as global trade currencyRussian foreign minister arrives in Turkish capital
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