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Saudi Arabia wants to see more Turkish investors in the context of its "2030 vision" to become a global investment powerhouse, Saudi Ambassador to Ankara Walid Bin Abdul Karim al-Kharaj said on July 11.      

India will increase the share of natural gas to 20 percent in its energy mix by 2030, India's petroleum minister said on July 11 in Istanbul.      

Speaking at a ministerial session at the 22nd World Petroleum Congress in Istanbul, Petroleum Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan said India is supporting investments to increase the share of natural gas in its energy mix.      

The Paris Climate change agreement is a matter for all oil and gas companies and the U.S. is expected to revise its position toward the Paris Agreement, Patrick Pouyanne, chairman and CEO of Total said on July 11.      

The Gulf crisis between Qatar and some Arab states led by Saudi Arabia would not affect the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries' (OPEC) oil cap agreement, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on July 10.      

Oil and gas will remain central to the world's supply of energy for decades to come, the chief executive of giant producer Saudi Aramco said on July 10, urging market players to ensure energy security by bolstering faltering investment.

A Cuban-developed cancer vaccine that is not licensed in any country other than Argentina is now being tested on 39 cancer patients in five different health centers in Turkey.

Although not a cure, the drug named Racotumomab has been shown in previous clinical trials conducted in Argentina and Cuba to extend survival about two to three months on average.

The US Technical Committee ISO 639-2, based in the Library of Congress in Washington DC, has not accepted the codification of the Montenegrin language.

The explanation given is that this language is one of the variants of Serbian.

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Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met on Monday with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Mabeyn Palace in Istanbul.

This was their fist meeting since Vucic became Serbia's president, Beta reported, citing Turkey's Andadolu agency.

Addressing the World Petroleum Congress in Istanbul on July 10, Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan said a "big opportunity" was missed with the recent failure of the Cyprus talks in Switzerland.

Russia on July 10 said its energy investments had suffered "sabotage" from political factors, pointing to troubles over expanding the Nord Stream pipeline that pumps gas to Germany.