Polish PM Tusk heads to Turkiye for talks on Ukraine peace

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk attends a European Union leaders special summit to discuss Ukraine and European defence, in Brussels, Belgium March 6, 2025. (REUTERS)
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Updated 12 March 2025
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Polish PM Tusk heads to Turkiye for talks on Ukraine peace

  • Tusk to meet Turkish officials to evaluate the first round of Ukraine-US peace talks in Saudi Arabia
  • Discussions will center on NATO’s role and Turkey’s key involvement in regional stabilization

WARSAW: Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said he was going to Turkiye on Wednesday to discuss the latest developments on Ukraine and how Warsaw and Ankara and help ensure lasting peace in the region.
“We will talk about the role of Poland, the role of Turkiye, when it comes to stabilization in the region, when it comes to assessing the first round of talks that ended (...) in Saudi Arabia between Ukraine and the United States,” he said.
.”.. about the possible involvement of both Turkiye and Poland, when it comes to ensuring lasting peace and calm in the region, including on the Russian-Ukrainian border.”
The United States agreed on Tuesday to resume military aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine after Kyiv said it was ready to support Washington’s proposal for a 30-day ceasefire with Russia, the countries said in a joint statement.
“From our point of view, it is very important that NATO and European countries simultaneously effectively guarantee stability after achieving a ceasefire and peace on the Russian-Ukrainian border. And Turkiye’s role here may be key,” Tusk said. 


Japan calls on Iran to avoid using force to stop protests

Updated 11 January 2026
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Japan calls on Iran to avoid using force to stop protests

TOKYO: Japanese Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu on Sunday called on Iran to avoid using force against peaceful protests.

Motegi noted that many people have been killed or injured in the ongoing protests and said Japan was “deeply concerned about the deterioration of the situation.” The country is monitoring developments closely and is opposed to the use of force.

“The government of Japan strongly calls for the immediate cessation of violence and strongly hopes for an early settlement of the situation,” Motegi said in a statement, adding the administration was taking necessary measures to protect Japanese nationals in Iran.