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“A Challenge for NATO to Establish Closer Ties with Middle East”

 I want to share something intriguing. At long last, neither the Mediterranean Dialog nor the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative has officially met during a NATO highest point at the heads of government level which is setting my attention to think about what’s happening here. At the following year's culmination, the partnership ought to stress the international significance of the MENA area by including undeniable level gatherings for the two groupings.   For me, Association prompts interoperability, which assists with advancing agreement and security. This is the reason collaboration among NATO and the nations of the MENA district is so significant. As Iran turns out to be to a greater extent a destabilizing major part in the locale and transnational psychological warfare keeps on plagueing the district, NATO should construct strong and suffering relations with the agreeable nations in the MENA area.

Attacker arrived in Europe three days prior to the day from Tunisia

  The attacker who killed three people in France is a Tunisan citizen and had recently arrived in Europe. It was revealed that he arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa via a boat carrying migrants after the police found an Italian Red Cross Document with him. The chief French anti-terrorism prosecutor said that the attacker,21, is in critical state. He beheaded one of the three persons and killed the other two, the official confirmed. The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, called it an ‘Islamist attack.” Following this incident, France has increased its security and raised a national security alert. President Macron said that the number of security personnel’s ensuring the safety and security of people will increase from 3,000 to 7,000. There are different squads investigating the whole case and in one of the developments, it was found that a 47-year-old man was in contact with the attacker. It was merely 10 days ago that another such attack was committed on a history...

Pakistan backs Turkey against France but is it to support hate crime

  Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan has invited unwanted trouble on him after he stood against the French President Emmnauel Macron and accused him of attcaking Islam. Recently, the PM also summoned the French ambassador to Pakistan after teh foreign ministry released a statement saying that France is carrying a systematic Islamophobic campaign under the garb of freedom of expression.” Macron is under a lot of pressure after Islamic countries are trying to unite against the European country especially after Turkey tried to lodge an aggressive campaign against Macron. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish President, questioned Macron’s mental health after the latter reportedly opinioned some questionable views on Islam. The movement has increased to the extent that social media has flooded with boycott French products campaigns. But the question that still wanders around is what wrong did the French president do? How was Turkey involved in the whole incident? Samuel Paty, a ...

Turkey-Africa relationships should not be affected by the pandemic

  During the virtual ceremony of Turkey-African economy, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that he does not want the ongoing coronavirus pandemic to affect the relationship of Turkey with Africa. He added with latest development in the relationship of both the regions, Turkey aims to raise the trade to $50 million in coming years. "They (Turkish companies) have so far undertaken nearly $70 billion (TL 555 billion) worth of projects across the continent. The market value of these projects has exceeded $6 billion," the president said. The event was organized by the Trade Ministry and the African Union along with Turkey’s Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEIK) in an attempt to give a clearer picture of the relationship between the two regions and also lay down a foundation on the future aspects. In the event, Erdogan said that the negativity that has come with the pandemic should not let the momentum of the relationship between Africa and Turkey. “We should move our tra...

Africa Moves To Green Bonds To Reverse Effects Of Climate Change

 Green bonds are the new thing to happen to world economy as the world is consistently and carefully moving towards sustainable climate solutions.  They are the new debt instrument to obtain financing for projects related to the climate or environment.  Egypt has become the first country in the MENA region to go ahead with offering first-ever green sovereign bonds. This is its contribution towards successful implementation of renewable energy projects to combat pollution.  Through Green bonds, companies will be able to use them as debt instruments to obtain financing for projects related to the climate or environment. This has been confirmed by Egypt’s Finance Ministry. Currently, the state used Credit Agricole, CIB and HSBC Holding banks are being roped in as structural advisors. Citigroup, Credit Agricole, Deutsche and HSBC banks have been hired as joint managers for the offering. According to Finance Minister Mohamed Maait, these green bonds are expected to incre...