Tag: diplomacy
Turkey summons Chinese ambassador over Twitter posts
6th April 2021
ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey called in China’s ambassador on Tuesday after his embassy said it had “the right to respond” to opposition leaders who criticised China’s treatment of Uighur Muslims three decades ago. The politicians, IYI ...
Can Malta’s diplomacy tip balance in Libya toward Turkey?
13th August 2020
The latest surprise in Turkey’s Libyan dossier has been Malta, an island state of some 316 square kilometers (122 square miles). After securing Malta’s support for Libya’s internationally recognized Tripoli government, Turkey is now hoping ...
Is proxy war turning to conventional confrontation in Libya?
14th July 2020
Jul 14, 2020 Tension in the Libyan battlefield over the country’s oil-rich Sirte province and strategic al-Jufra air base has further escalated after the military command of the internationally recognized government declared three areas as ...
Turkey has been insisting on a Libya strategy that calls for the all-out defeat of one of the warring Libyan factions, but recent Egyptian diplomatic efforts have revealed the vulnerabilities of Ankara’s approach. In a surprising ...