Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday blasted the recognition by US President Donald Trump of ‘Israeli sovereignty’ over the Golan Heights. “I feel that this is a conscious, deliberate demonstration of permissiveness,” Lavrov said at a press conference with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. Cavusoglu said the recognition was ...
Turkey’s government on Friday rejected US pressure over its disputed deal to purchase Russian missiles, saying Ankara was already in talks over delivery of the S-400 defense system. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has riled Turkey’s NATO allies, especially the US, by purchasing the Russian arms system and by drawing closer ...