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Ankara and Washington began negotiating Turkey's purchase of Patriot missile defense systems from the U.S., Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on March 1.

Ankara is "concerned" over the prevailing tension between Pakistan and India, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Feb. 27.

The United States lacks strategy on the withdrawal of its soldiers from Syria, Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said, referring to Washington's recent decision to keep 400 troops on the ground as peacekeeping forces.

Russia does not categorically reject the idea of establishing a safe zone in northern Syria, but the details of the U.S.-proposed zone are yet to be clarified, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said. 

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu met the UN special envoy for Syria on Jan. 28, diplomatic sources said.

U.S. special envoy for Syria engagement James Jeffrey will travel to Turkey on Jan. 24 for talks on the war-torn country, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Dec. 9 said that he was against vandalism, however, he criticized the excessive force French police used against protestors and questioned the EU attitude towards France, addressing the European press stance as a "disaster".

Any progress in efforts to resolve the Syrian crisis was achieved thanks to the Astana and Sochi processes while the Geneva process was in a stalemate, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Dec. 5, noting that remarks made by a U.S. envoy undermining the Astana process was "unfortunate." 

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu urged the UN on Nov. 19 to unite to counter hatred and polarization around the world.

Turkey has warned Washington against its new sanctions on Iran, saying isolating the Islamic Republic is "dangerous", Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said Nov. 6.