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The recent and extremely significant development in the US Senate concerning Greece and Cyprus' future role in Washington's plans for the Eastern Mediterranean stems from the initiatives of the Hellenic diaspora, and also from the strengthening of Greek-Israeli relations over the past decade.

Regional and international security and the contribution to meeting NATO's goals were the topics Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu and his counterparts approached within the round of trilateral consultations of the foreign affairs ministers of Romania, Poland and Turkey, carried out over 18 -19 April in Ankara.

Oman's sovereign wealth fund has withdrawn an 80 million euro ($89.98 million) claim against Bulgaria over the collapse of Corporate Commercial Bank (Corpbank), the Bulgarian finance ministry said in a statement on Thursday.

Kosovo is Serbia's southern province where ethnic Albanians 11 years ago unilaterally declared independence, which Serbia considers to be a violation of its Constitution and territorial integrity.

Amid an increasing deterioration of US-Turkey relations, a commentary published in Turkey's  Hurriyet has raised the question whether Ankara is relying too much on American President Donald Trump to save ties.

The U.S. and China are planning two rounds of face-to-face meetings as they seek to wrap up a trade deal, with negotiators aiming for a signing ceremony in late May or early June, according to people familiar with the situation.

A high-stakes bargaining game is currently in progress over the fate of the US-made F-35 fighter jets and Russian-made S-400 missile systems ordered by Turkey. We are keenly anticipating how this will all end. We are living in different times to the days when decisions in the United States were taken by bureaucrats and competent state officials.

A Turkish delegation that recently visited Washington conveyed concerns about the ongoing embargo, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on April 17.

Turkey's defense minister said he had a "very constructive" talks with US Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan and their views have got closer on some subjects, state-owned Anadolu news agency reported on Wednesday.

Turkey's defense minister and his U.S. counterpart on April 16 met in Washington to discuss recent political and military developments.