Large-scale clashes between government forces and rebels from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have continued for three weeks in Sudan. More than 500 people have been killed and nearly 5,000 wounded (lightly and seriously), according to the country’s Ministry of Health. Türkiye has completed the evacuation of its citizens from Sudan who have expressed a desire to leave the African ...
By Orçun Göktürk* European leaders are travelling to Beijing, one after the other. On the heels of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visited China on April 5-7. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock is expected to follow later this month. French President Macron arrived in Beijing on Wednesday, April ...
The President of China mentioned “changes not seen in 100 years” while his counterpart Putin was seeing him off. The ongoing US-Russia war in Ukraine, the rising de-dolarization, the bankruptcy of Credit Suisse bank and shaky German banks, riots in European capitals, the revival in Africa, China’s diplomatic breakthrough in West Asia… Yes, just as Xi Jinping said, the world ...
While the conflict in Ukraine continues, the world discusses more and more the transition to multipolarity. Latin America is a field of conflict as well on that transition, with the US opposing the economic and military presence of extra continental powers such as Russia and China. We spoke on the Latin American perspective on the Ukraine conflict with Rubén Zardoya, ...
Global developments are changing the world, and the former unipolar world, aimed at the benefit of the United States, is cracking. States are adjusting to the new realities, including the Ukrainian conflict and its possible consequences. In particular, legislative changes have affected the direct participant in the Ukrainian events – Russia, where a new Foreign Policy Concept was presented in ...
The meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and China’s President Xi Jinping on March 20 has been the most widely reported and commented meeting of the last few months. The meeting was characterized not only by the meeting of the heads of two powerful states, but also by the “personal bond” of the two leaders and the abundance of issues ...
Chinese President Xi Jinping paid a state visit to Russia on 20-23 March. This was the Communist Party of China Chairman’s first visit to Moscow since his re-election as China’s head of state. On March 10, Xi Jinping was re-elected as the President of the People’s Republic of China at the first session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC, ...
By Esteban Portillo * Russian Foreign Ministry sources told this correspondent that the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergey Lavrov, is preparing to define a new international tour, this time to the main Latin American countries. As in his recent visits to Africa, Asia and the Middle East, the Russian Foreign Minister seeks to reaffirm economic and political ties with the ...
The world’s eyes are on this trip: China’s President Xi Jinping is going to travel to Russia this week to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin. Ahead of this bilateral meeting of global importance, both leaders have published articles in the counterpart’s media. Xi’s article titled “Forging Ahead to Open a New Chapter of China-Russia Friendship, Cooperation and Common Development” was ...
Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed in the Chinese capital Beijing to resume diplomatic relations that were severed seven years ago. Thus, the two major countries of West Asia and North Africa repaired their relations, disrupted in 2016, in Asia. The meetings between Iran and Saudi Arabia, which began on March 6 and were hosted by China, concluded. In a joint ...