By AFP 19 April 2022 | 11:11 am Turkey warned on Tuesday that it could take “dozens of years” to restore trust between the West and Russia following Moscow’s decision to invade Ukraine. “Of course we are seeing the start of a new Cold War,” Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told a joint media appearance with his visiting Hungarian counterpart Peter Szijjarto. “It will… Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses media representatives during a press conference at an European Union (EU) summit at EU Headquarters in Brussels on March 24, 2022. (Photo by Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP) Turkey warned on Tuesday that it could take “dozens of years” to restore trust between the West and Russia following Moscow’s decision to invade Ukraine. “Of course we are seeing the start of a new Cold War,” Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told a joint media appearance with his visiting Hungarian counterpart Peter Szijjarto. “It will take a long time to make up for it. It may take dozens of years to restore trust, but we believe that swift steps should be taken for a ceasefire.” Turkey, which has enjoyed warm relations with both Russia and Ukraine, has been trying to mediate an end to the nearly two-month conflict. As a NATO member, it has supplied Kyiv with combat drones but has shied away from joining Western sanctions against Moscow. Turkey has hosted two rounds of talks between Russian and Ukrainian negotiators in the past, blaming allegations of Russian atrocities in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha and a missile attack on a train station in Kramatorsk for a breakdown in the peace process. “Despite the changing circumstances in the field, we believe there is still a chance for diplomacy to work,” Cavusoglu said. Latest 2 mins ago ‘The Batman’ featuring Robert Pattinson as the cape superhero is now streaming but will be released on May 24th on DVD. Pattinson takes over the role from predecessors like Christian Bale, Val Kilmer, Micheal Keaton, and George Clooney Batman. Pattinson assumed this role alongside Zoë Kravitz wearing the shoes of other actresses before her like… 6 mins ago The Police on Tuesday arraigned a 40-year-old man, Vincent Uwala, before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, over alleged N6.4m visa fraud and forgery. Uwala of no fixed residential address, is facing a three-count charge of fraud, stealing and forgery, to which he pleaded not guilty. The prosecutor, ASP Akpan Nko, told the court… 6 mins ago A trader, Mr Musbau Yekeen, has told a Grade A Customary Court at Mapo in Ibadan to put an end to the 12 year-old union between him and his estranged wife, Tawakalitu on ground of infidelity. Yekeen, a resident of Apete area in Ibadan, Oyo State, said he willfully agreed to the divorce suit filed… 6 mins ago Youth groups from the southern part of Nigeria, under the aegis of Coalition of Southern Youth Progressives Forum (C.S.Y.P.F), have concluded plans to endorse Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi as their consensus presidential candidate. According to them, Amaechi, a former governor of Rivers State and the current Minister of Transportation is eminently qualified to take… 13 mins ago Turkey warned on Tuesday that it could take “dozens of years” to restore trust between the West and Russia following Moscow’s decision to invade Ukraine. “Of course we are seeing the start of a new Cold War,” Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told a joint media appearance with his visiting Hungarian counterpart Peter Szijjarto. “It will…
Comments