Turkey's National Assembly

Turkey's National Assembly speaker on Aug. 9 spoke over the phone with the head of the Pakistan parliament and discussed the situation arising out of India's move to ditch the special status of the disputed Jammu Kashmir region.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has disputed the Treaty of Lausanne, which set out the modern borders between Greece and Turkey, saying that Ankara will not accept "de facto situations" in the Aegean Sea.

Speaking before Turkey's National Assembly, Cavusoglu said that a number of interconnected problems remain in the Aegean between the two neighboring countries.