Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
**General Assembly
The Secretary-General will speak at the opening of the seventy-third session …
Turkey: Wages, salaries hold top share of total income
Turkey's statistics authority announced on Tuesday that wages and salaries held the top share of total income in 2017.
"The rate of wage and salaries got the highest rate with …
Turkey calls on Hong Kong to lift travel warning
The Turkish deputy parliament speaker called on Hong Kong to lift the travel warning on Turkey.
On Tuesday, Levent Gok received Yang Jianping, deputy director of the Liaison Office of …
RUSSIA, TURKEY HOLD TALKS ON SYRIA’S REBEL-HELD IDLIB
SOCHI (Russia), Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan met Monday to try to come to an agreement over the Syrian rebel stronghold of Idlib.
The …
Secretary-General Praises Agreement on Buffer Zone in Idlib, Syria, Urging Parties to Ensure Safe Humanitarian Access
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres:
The Secretary-General welcomes the agreement reached on 17 September between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey …
Turkish army ‘neutralize’ 7 terrorists in northern Iraq
At least seven PKK terrorists were "neutralized" during air-backed counter-terror operations in northern Iraq on Tuesday.
Turkish Armed Forces said in a statement that the military "neutralized" at least two …
