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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is set to engage in a series of high-stakes diplomatic meetings, starting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and followed by U.S. President Joe Biden during a busy early July itinerary.

Following the conclusion of Eid al-Adha, Erdoğan will embark on official visits to three countries.

Armenia announced Friday its recognition of the State of Palestine, the latest country to do so during the war in Gaza, saying it was against "violence towards civilian populations."

A series of countries have recognised the State of Palestine amid the war between Israel and Hamas, drawing strong rebukes from Israeli officials.

Türkiye's natural gas imports declined by 7.64 percent in 2023 from the previous year, data from the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EPDK) has shown.

Last year Türkiye bought 50.48 billion cubic meters of natural gas with Russia being the largest supplier. Russia's share in the country's natural gas import was 42.27 percent, said EPDK.

France has finalized a deal to sell CAESAR self-propelled howitzers to Armenia, announced Paris's defense minister on Tuesday, according to Reuters. The contract details, including the number of systems Armenia will acquire, were not disclosed during the meeting between the relevant ministers.

BAKU - Serbian Defence Minister Bratislav Gasic met with Azerbaijani Defence Industry Minister Vugar Mustafayev in Baku on Friday to discuss cooperation between the defence industries of the two countries, which the ministers agreed should chiefly be reflected in project implementation and knowledge-sharing.

BELGRADE - Serbian Defence Minister Bratislav Gasic met with Azerbaijani Defence Minister Col Gen Zakir Hasanov in Baku on Friday to discuss defence cooperation and concrete steps towards its advancement, as well as the current political and security situation.

Gasic said he was pleased to be on an official visit to a brotherly and friendly country.

Armenia has declared its intention to withdraw from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), a defense alliance formed in 1992 among former Soviet republics with Russia at its core. The CSTO currently comprises Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Armenia.

The majority of equity capital inflows, totaling $477 million, were directed towards wholesale and retail trade, representing 55 percent of total equity capital inflows at $262 million in April, according to a report by the International Investors' Association (YASED).

The excavations conducted by the Culture and Tourism Ministry's General Directorate of Foundations in the Fethiye Mosque — built in Istanbul's Fatih district in the 13th century and converted from a church to a mosque in the 16th century — have come to an end.

Türkiye's second astronaut, Tuva Cihangir Atasever, achieved a significant milestone on June 8 by successfully completing a suborbital research flight aboard Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity.

This marks another achievement for Türkiye in the field of space exploration, following the earlier success of astronaut Alper Gezeravcı's mission to the International Space Station (ISS).