Deputy

Turkey's Deputy Foreign Minister, Ambassador Burak Akcapar, transitions to a permanent role as the country's representative to the United Nations Office in Geneva, according to Turkey's state television network TRT.

Previously overseeing key aspects of Greek-Turkish relations, Akcapar was involved in discussions with Greece.

Greece and Turkey reiterated their joint commitment to build on the existing positive atmosphere during a meeting between Greece's Deputy Foreign Minister Alexandra Papadopoulou and her Turkish counterpart Burak Akcapar on Monday in Ankara, as part of the political dialogue between the two countries' foreign ministries.

Greece's Deputy Foreign Minister Alexandra Papadopoulou is scheduled to meet her Turkish counterpart Burak Akcapar on Monday in Ankara as part of the political dialogue between the two countries' foreign ministries.

The meeting will primarily address Greek-Turkish bilateral relations, along with discussions on regional and international developments. [AMNA]

Türkiye has made a plea to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to hold Israel accountable for what it deems as violations of human rights and international law in the occupied Palestinian territories.

Whatever the result of the US elections in November this year, relations between Washington and Athens will remain strong, US Assistant Secretary for Energy Resources Geoffrey Pyatt said during a group discussion at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) think tank in Washington, DC on Monday.

On Friday Greece and the US held their fifth Strategic Dialogue, which, among other things, also saw Greece become the 35th country to sign up to the US Artemis space cooperation accords.

Türkiye, Bulgaria and Romania have signed an agreement on demining the Black Sea, aiming to ensure safe waters amid Russia's war in Ukraine.

The Russian navy mined Ukraine's Black Sea coastline in the early stages of its invasion nearly two years ago.

Russia's military conducted a simulated nuclear strike in a drill Wednesday overseen by President Vladimir Putin, hours after the upper house of parliament voted to rescind the country's ratification of a global nuclear test ban.

"The Liman-Kupyansk front is longer, which is why the enemy is concentrating its forces there," Cherevaty said in an interview with Ukrainian media on Monday, adding that at the moment there are "more than 120,000 enemy soldiers" on the Liman-Kupyansk line, about 100 kilometers north of Bakhmut.

Day 479 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours: