Turkey

A trial has begun in Istanbul against the city’s mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, who many observers see as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s main possible rival in future elections.

Turkey has been making intensive efforts through its peace-oriented diplomacy “to achieve just and equitable solutions to problems through dialogue and negotiations” against the backdrop of the war in Iran.

Armenia is ready to open a land border with Turkey and to establish diplomatic relations with it. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that these two issues are nomadic in the dialog between the countries, as well as with the European Union, Logos Press reported.

The rules of origin of goods applied within the preferential trade between the Republic of Moldova and the Republic of Turkey, in order to align them with the modernized pan-European Mediterranean system and to facilitate international trade, have been updated, Logos Press reported.

Turkey is the country with the largest number of defense companies among NATO countries. The country has more than 3,500 defense companies, compared to about 2,800 in the 29 allied countries of Europe, Logos Press reported.