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President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will hold a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore on June 12.
“We will both try to make it a very special moment for World Peace!” Trump said in a tweet just hours after three Americans detained in North Korea arrived back in the U.S.
Donald Tusk: ‘No concrete solutions’ at EU-Turkey summitBulgaria: EU summit with Turkish dictator Erdogan does not appear to have gone well, judging from European Council President @eucopresident Tusk’s statements and posture. Donald Tusk’s words: “Lack of vision, conflict of interests on a long list of concerns, no solution, no compromise & no concrete outcome”
EU Council President Donald Tusk has said while no progress was made at the talks, he hopes compromises will be possible in the future. The head of the EU Commission said he’d like Turkey to be a strategic partner.
European Council President Donald Tusk on Monday said the latest summit between European Union representatives and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan achieved no concrete solutions or compromises on points of concern.
“If you ask whether we reached any concrete solutions or compromises, the answer is no,” said Tusk, following a summit with EU and Turkish representatives in the Bulgarian costal town of Varna.
“But I still hope that will be possible in the future … Only progress on these issues will allow us to improve the EU-Turkey relations, including the accession process.”
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President Erdogan was a little more optimistic. “We hope that we have left behind the difficult period in relations between Turkey and the European Union,” he said, adding that the two parties had discussed the steps needed to improve EU-Turkey ties.The summit touched on a range of issues that have caused tension between Turkey and the EU, such as migration, EU membership and Turkey’s fight against “terror” groups including Kurdish militants.
On the EU-Turkey relationship: Tusk said the EU and Turkey needed an open and frank dialogue, and that while the two parties had many common interests there were challenges that needed to be worked on together.
“Our meeting today demonstrated that while our relationship is going through difficult times, in areas where we do cooperate, we cooperate well,” Tusk said. “We reconfirm our readiness to keep up the dialogue and conversation and work together to overcome current difficulties with a view to unleashing the potential of our partnership.”
During a consultation held today at the Government, Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan was briefed on Sevan Startup Summit development prospects and opportunities.
The Sevan Startup Summit 2017 was said to have hosted about 4000 participants and guests from 23 countries of the world. The total sum of transactions at the close of the Summit exceeded the mark of USD 200,000, while the prize fund overran the planned 40 thousand to stand at USD 50,000, the Government’s press office reported.
During the Summit, the startup teams have the opportunity to get in touch with each other, as well as with entrepreneurs, professionals, reporters, highly qualified software developers and investors from both Armenia and abroad.
The Summit is planning to expand its geographical coverage in 2018 and hold a number of events in various countries around the world, called “Seaside Stargate Summit.” Welcoming the event, Prime Minister Karapetyan stressed that the Government is prepared to provide the organizers with the necessary support.
no nato,summit, turkeyNATO member states have rejected Turkey’s offer for the second time in a row. The offer by Turkey to host 2018 NATO summit did not receive approval by the crucial members of the alliance.
As Panorama.am was informed from Turkish media, during the NATO summit in Brussels, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan proposed to hold the next summit in Istanbul; however Germany and France opposed the offer.
Several other NATO member states, namely Canada, the Netherlands and Denmark also did not approve this proposal. Turkey made such an offer during the 2016 NATO summit in Warsaw as well, which also received opposition.
Discussions on Karabakh will continue during the NATO summit in Warsaw, OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair James Warlick said.
“Just arrived in #Warsaw for the @NATO summit. It’s an opportunity to continue discussions on #NKpeace with #Armenia and #Azerbaijan,” the diplomat tweeted.
Earlier it was reported that President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan will head to Warsaw for a NATO meeting on Afghanistan.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has met with U.S. President Barack Obama to hold a bilateral discussion ahead of the G-20 Summit starting Nov. 15 at the Belek resort of Antalya, the Hurriyet Daly News reports.
The meeting started at Regnum Hotel at 10:40 a.m., just a few hours after Obama’s Air Force One landed at Antalya Airport at 7 a.m.
The leaders proceeded to the meeting, which is expected to last for an hour and twenty minutes, after a brief photo shoot.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will chair the summit with the participation of U.S., Chinese, Russian, Saudi, U.K. and EU leaders, among others, and will try to leave his own mark, especially on the resolution of regional issues, Syrian unrest and its by-products, global extremist terrorism and migration issues.
The heads of state or government and the representatives of the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Belarus, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine, the representatives of the European Union and the heads of state or government and representatives of its member states adopted Thursday, May 22, a joint declaration upon completion of the Eastern Partnership summit.
The participants reconfirmed the high importance they attach to the Eastern Partnership as a specific dimension of the European Neighborhood Policy. They reaffirmed their shared vision of this strategic and ambitious Partnership as one based on mutual interests and commitments and supporting sustained reform processes.
The declaration also refers to resolution of conflict, saying:
“The summit participants emphasize the need for the earliest peaceful settlement of the conflicts in the region on the basis of the principles and norms of international law. The resolution of conflicts, building trust and good neighborly relations are essential to economic and social development and cooperation. The Summit participants welcome the EU’s contribution to further promoting stability and confidence building, and underline the need for stronger EU engagement in this regard. They welcome the EU’s strengthened role in conflict resolution and confidence building efforts in the framework or in support of existing agreed formats and processes, including through field presence when appropriate. They highlight the importance of advancing the negotiations in the 5+2 format on a comprehensive political settlement of the Transnistrian conflict and welcome intensified Chisinau-Tiraspol dialogue in all formats. They reiterate their full support to the mediation efforts by the co-chairs of the Minsk Group on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, including at the level of Presidents and their statements since 2009.”
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and UK Prime Minister David Cameron greeted Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan ahead of the first meeting of NATO summit.
Serzh Sargsyan will participate in the meeting of the heads of state and government from NATO and ISAF partner nations that is about to start.
The Allied Heads of State and Government will meet with 27 partner countries including ISAF contributors, among them Armenia.
As reported earlier, Armenian president is expected to deliver a speech.