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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in remarks aired on Dec. 15 that he will visit Ethiopia and Somalia in the first two months of next year.

On the heels of a landmark accord, brokered by Türkiye, that ended nearly a year of tensions between the two African nations on maritime access to the Red Sea, Erdoğan said the breakthrough came after "a meeting that lasted seven hours."

As Syria enters a new era after the fall of the Assad regime, there is no place for the YPG terrorist organization in this country, Türkiye's defense minister has said, stressing that the priority of the new administration is to create a terror-free country where everyone will live in peace and prosperity.

The Turkish embassy in Syria's capital Damascus is set to open on Saturday, Türkiye's foreign minister announced late on Friday.

"They (embassy staff) are on their way as a team. The embassy will start operations tomorrow," Hakan Fidan told private broadcaster NTV.

Greece's national security strategy was at the center of Defense Minister Nikos Dendias's speech during the conference "Post-Junta Era 1974-2024: 50 Years of Greek Foreign Policy." Dendias provided a comprehensive assessment of the past while addressing the challenges the country faces in foreign policy and defense.

The Minister of National Defense, Nikos Dendias, addressed the restructuring of the armed forces and aspects of foreign policy within the framework of geopolitical shifts.

The African Union (AU) has urged Ethiopia and Somalia to implement "without delay" an agreement aimed at ending tensions between the neighbors over Ethiopia's access to the sea, calling the deal an "important act."

Türkiye and the United States have discussed what roles they can play for ensuring a healthy, inclusive and stable power transition in Syria despite their differences on the continued support of Washington to the YPG terrorist organization.

Turkey's priority in Syria is ensuring the stability and prevention of domination by groups deemed terrorists after the ouster of former President Bashar al-Assad, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Friday.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday that he discussed the imperative of Palestinian militant group Hamas' saying "yes" to the Gaza ceasefire agreement in his talks with Turkey's president and foreign minister.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Turkey on Thursday for talks focused on a critical aspect of establishing stability in Syria: clashes in the north of the country between US-backed Kurdish forces and Turkey-backed rebels.