US Acting Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Alice Wells and Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Molly Phee will take part in the Heart of Asia - Istanbul Process from December 8-10, the US State Department said on Saturday

Turkey will stay in northeastern Syria where it moved forces this fall until the Syrian people say that the job of its military is done, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday

The United Nations is not going to engage in the settlement of the deepening dispute between Cyprus and Turkey over the exploration of the offshore mineral resources and leaves it to courts to solve, UN Secretary-General's Special Representative in Cyprus and Head of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus Elizabeth Spehar told Sputnik

Ankara has approved a memorandum on maritime border with Libya in Eastern Mediterranean, the official gazette of the Republic of Turkey said on Saturday

Turkey intends to overcome disagreements with the United States regarding the purchase of Russian-made S-400 air defense systems through diplomatic means, Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Hami Aksoy said at a press conference on Friday, stressing that Ankara has a "sovereign right" to protect itself

Turkey and Libya's UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) will submit their maritime agreement to the United Nations for approval, Ahmet Berat Conkar, a member of the Turkish parliament's foreign affairs committee, told Sputnik

Ankara is still willing to buy US-made Patriot systems but the American administration cannot guarantee that the deal would get a green light from the Congress, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday, explaining the reason for the choice in favor of Russia's S-400 missile defense systems