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Within the framework of his participation in Ministerial Week of the 70th UN General Assembly, in New York City, Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias will have a working breakfast today, Tuesday, 29 September, with the Foreign Ministers of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC).

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Barack Obama held constructive and frank talks during a meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session in New York on Monday.

This constituted their first face-to-face meeting in nearly a year, the two presidents having last met at the APEC summit in China in November 2014.

President Barack Obama sits down with more than 100 leaders at the United Nations on Sept. 29 to push ahead with the US-led campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group despite Russia's rival plan.

There is a flurry of new activity on Syria but none of it has Bashar al-Assad?s departure as the principle aim. The effort is increasingly focused on fighting the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The fear is that if Assad falls hastily and in a disorderly manner, the way Saddam did, Damascus will be overtaken by chaos and overrun by ISIL and other al-Qaeda related groups. 

New data obtained during excavations on Van Castle has revealed that Lake Van was much smaller 7,000 years ago and has risen over time to reach its current size. 

The United States is ready to cooperate with any country, including Russia and Iran, to find a solution to the Syrian conflict, US President Barack Obama said on Monday.

Russia and the United States are expected to take part in Syria peace talks in October, along with Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt, Russia's deputy foreign minister said Sept. 28.

Iran's president said Sept. 27 that Syrian leader Bashar Assad must remain in power to fight extremist groups like the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group and must not be weakened, putting him at odds with the United States and key nations who insist Assad must go in order to achieve peace.

Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry has revealed a new support program to overcome sector losses mainly due to economic problems in Russia and neighboring countries. 

It is irony at its best, or utter hypocrisy in fact, to be critical of Russian meddling in Syria. Who has not been meddling in the Syrian conflict up until now?