Andrew Hopkins

@achopkins1

Diplomatic Correspondent/Diplomasi Muhabiri . Likes/Retweets ≠ endorsement. Previously .

Ankara, Türkiye
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    28 Oct 2015

    You can watch TRT World now online here

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  2. 12 minutes ago

    3) And some more

    BREAKING: U.S. and Turkish military forces conduct a joint ground patrol inside the security mechanism area in northeast, Syria, Sept. 8, 2019.
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  3. 1 hour ago

    2) And here's the announcement and some photos from the Americans.

    U.S. Forces conduct an observation patrol of the security mechanism along the Syria-Turkey border in northeast, Syria, Sept. 7, 2019.
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  4. 1 hour ago

    1) First joint patrols underway in NE between US and as part of the operation to set up a safe zone there.

    Suriye’nin kuzeyinde, Fırat’ın doğusunda Güvenli Bölge tesisi faaliyetleri kapsamında; ​TSK ve ABD personeli, kara araçları ve İHA’ların iştirakiyle ilk müşterek kara devriyesine Akçakale güneyinde, Suriye tarafında…
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  5. Sep 6

    An informal reception for the Turkish and Greek Cypriot leaders hosted by the UN as attempts are made to get negotiations back on track.

    Cumhurbaşkanı Akıncı, Rum Lider Anastasiadis ile birlikte referans kavramlarla ilgili çalışması devam eden BM Genel Sekreteri'nin Geçici Özel Danışmanı Jane Holl Lute’un Kıbrıs’tan ayrılmadan önce BM İyi Niyet Misyonu Ofisi’…
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    Sep 5

    UNEnvoy -Productive meeting w/Turkish Dep FM Onal. Discussions focused on protecting civilians in & moving political process forward. Hope to conclude work on Constitutional Committee soon.

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  7. Sep 5

    5) He made another speech today at a gathering of provincial heads of government and didn't mention the issue again.

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  8. Sep 5

    4) 's speech was at the Central Anatolian Economic Forum in Sivas, on the same day there were celebrations to mark 100 years since the Sivas Congress, a major milestone on Turkey's road to independence.

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  9. Sep 5

    3) Turkey has been anti-nuclear proliferation for years. Has signed up for international treaties and was a big supporter of the international agreement with Iran, thought it was the best way to stop Tehran developing nuclear weapons.

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  10. Sep 5

    2) They'd been talking about defence issues. His speech also included mention of the problems with the US over the missile system and attempts by to get Ankara to buy the Patriot system.

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  11. Sep 5

    1) Plenty of comments on Twitter today about 's comments on and weapons. It's worth bearing a few things in mind. He made the comments during a speech where he had been talking about his conversation with the Czech PM.

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  12. Sep 4

    5) Pedersen will remain in Turkey until tomorrow to talk to opposition leaders. The leaders of and are due to meet in Ankara on Sept 16. Some speculation committee could be announced by then.

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  13. Sep 4

    4) Committee formation has been overseen by UN and will be folded into the UN Geneva process once its been established. Pedersen says its needs to be accompanied by other measures that have a real impact on the ground. Less violence, prisoners swaps, work on missing persons...

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  14. Sep 4

    3) Here's Pedersen talking to the UN last month, describing how this constutional committee is shaping up. The plan was to have equal numbers from each part of the Syrian political and social landscape.

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  15. Sep 4

    2) The decision to form it was taken at a meeting in Sochi in Jan 2018. But there's been much wrangling over which regime, opposition, and civil society figures should be allowed on it.

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  16. Sep 4

    1) UN envoy on Geir Pedersen is in today to talk to foreign ministry officals, as talk increases of an imminent announcement of a new constitutional committee for Syria. It's been in the pipeline for more than 18 months.

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    Sep 2

    This is either a fantastic subtitle blooper or the BBC is now openly referring to Boris Johnson as "the punisher"

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  18. Sep 3

    4) Said the forum would be held to rally international support to tackle the refugee issue. Also expressed concern about the continued fighting in . If more people leave, could have a huge impact. Hope it stabilises soon, he said.

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  19. Sep 3

    3) Commissioner Grandi was visiting for prelim meetings ahead of a Global Forum to be held at the UN in Geneva, Switzerland in December. Turkey is one of the five convening countries. Grandi again praised Turkey for what it has done for .

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  20. Sep 3

    2) Compliments the UN on being better partner on the issue than and complains about large amount of criticism Turkey gets - despite spending billions looking after several million refugees. 'If I was constantly criticising you, how interested would you be in doing your job?'

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  21. Sep 3

    1) At a meeting with UN High Commisioner for today in , Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu rejects figures suggesting number of people crossing from Turkey to is increasing. Says figures show 6% fall in first 8 months of this year, compared to last

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