Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu

Israeli President Isaac Herzog extended his wishes to Turks on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr in a phone conversation with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the presidential office has said.

Turkey's top diplomat, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, will go to Israel to hold talks on the normalization of the bilateral ties on May 25, in a first senior-level visit in years.

Turkey on April 20 accused some of its NATO allies of wanting the war in Ukraine to last longer in order to weaken Russia.

"There are countries within NATO who want the war to continue," Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu told CNN Turk in an interview.

Turkey is continuing efforts for reaching a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia despite all the difficulties and intensifying clashes, especially in the eastern parts of Ukraine, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said.

Turkey's top diplomat has said he will be in the United States in May for talks with his U.S. counterpart as part of the recently launched "Strategic Mechanism," which aims to bolster ties between the two allies.

A senior United States official has described the role Turkey has been playing in the Ukrainian crisis as "pivotal," appreciating its mediation efforts between Moscow and Kiev.

U.S. Undersecretary for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland will visit Turkey on April 4 as part of her regional trip, which includes paying visits to France, Greece, Cyprus and Germany between April 2 and 9.

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and his Colombian counterpart, Marta Lucia Ramirez, held a joint press conference in Ankara, discussing the potential for commercial exchange between the countries.

Çavuşoğlu recalled that the volume of trade between the two countries had doubled last year to reach $2 billion.

Turkey said on Feb. 28 it was blocking warships from the key Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits in line with a convention that gives it control over the passage of military vessels in the strategic area.

The presidents of Turkey and Belarus spoke by phone early on March 1 on the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Belarusian counterpart Aleksandr Lukashenko discussed Monday's negotiations between delegations from Ukraine and Russia in Belarus, the Turkish presidency said on Twitter.