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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said he would meet his U.S. counterpart, Joe Biden, on the margins of the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow.

"The agenda for Rome and Glasgow appears to have changed. We are likely to meet in Glasgow instead of Rome," Erdoğan on Oct. 26 told journalists on board his return flight from a trip to Azerbaijan.

For a week now, everyone working in Italy must be able to prove that they have been vaccinated, are post-ill or have recently been tested. And because the tests are paid for, the readiness for immunizations logically grows.

European leaders gave German Chancellor Angela Merkel a standing ovation on Oct. 22 at her last EU summit after a 16-year reign that helped guide the bloc through major ups and downs.

Italian President Sergio Mattarella (R) welcomes his Croatian counterpart Zoran Milanovic (L) at the Quirinal Palace in Rome, Italy, on October 22, 2021. Photo: EPA-EFE/Quirinal Press Office/Paolo Giandotti .

A farmer on a tractor cultivates a field for autumn sowing near the Bulgarian town of Razgrad on October 21, 202​1. Photo: EPA-EFE/Vassil Donev.

Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar met on Oct. 21 with his U.S., British, Greek and Spanish counterparts in Brussels. Akar and British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace discussed bilateral and regional defense and security as well as defense industry cooperation.

Ljubljana – The presidents of Slovenia and Italy, Borut Pahor and Sergio Mattarella, will visit Nova Gorica and Gorizia, the cities on each side of the Slovenian-Italian border, next Thursday to hail their title as the 2025 European Capital of Culture. On the occasion Pahor will decorate Mattarella with Slovenia’s top state honour.

Turkey has proposed the establishment of a special working group at the G20 to address the Afghanistan-related issues and warned the international community that Afghan people cannot be left to their fate.

The reason for the protest is a government decree requiring vaccination or a fresh negative PCR test for work at the office from next week.
The vaccination certificate in Italy, known as the "green pass", will be valid from October 15 for state and private companies, reminds the AP.

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An extraordinary meeting of the Group of 20 major economies to discuss Afghanistan will take place on 12 October, Italian PM Mario Draghi announced on Wednesday, Reuters reported.

Turkey's president will hold a bilateral meeting with his U.S. counterpart as part of the upcoming G20 Leaders' Summit in Italy.

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will meet with Joe Biden at the summit to be held on Oct. 30-31 in Rome, according to official sources.