Turkey to open Incirlik base to Russia, Foreign Minister saysJuly 4, 2016 - 10:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey will open its Incirlik base to Russia, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said, according to local media reports. One area of cooperation with Russia is the fight against the Islamic State group in Syria, Cavusoglu said. “We’ll cooperate with everybody against the militant group," the Foreign Minister noted. "We opened our Incirlik base to those who wanted to actively join the fight against IS. Why shouldn't we collaborate with Russia in this issue?” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Cavusoglu met in Sochi last week to create a road map for the normalization of bilateral relations. Turkey downed a Russian warplane near the Syria border on Nov. 24, 2015, resulting in a seven-month diplomatic freeze. Erdogan helped thaw relations by sending a letter to Putin expressing his deep sorrow over the incident. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |