Tunisia: Merkel and Chahed talk immigration and cooperation

Immigration issues dominated talks between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed with focus on how to process the repatriation of Tunisians from the European country. Merkel told reporters that they discussed how the repatriation process “can Read more

Iran Warns Trump against Suspending P5+1 Nuclear Agreement

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has warned U.S. President-elect Donald Trump against sidelining the nuclear agreement that was reached between the so-called P5+1 because it is a “finished” deal that has been “approved by the UN Security Council and has become Read more

Libya Uninvited to Meeting Meant to End Libyan War

A meeting organized and hosted by France to discuss the Libyan crisis is being questioned because there were no Libyan officials present. Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault stated that organizing the event was an “initiative” that he took “on behalf of Read more

Morocco-EU Trade Deal: Gilles Pargneaux Welcomes Opinion of European Court Advisor

Member of the European Parliament Gilles Pargneaux has commended the legal opinion issued lately by the European Court’s top advisor on EU-Morocco agricultural deal, saying that “it is time to shelve and put an end to a case which poisons Read more

Turkey a Platform for Terrorism Action, German Report

A report leaked through broadcaster ARD has revealed that the German government is cautious in its dealings with neighboring Turkey because “as a result of the step-by-step Islamization of its foreign and domestic policy since 2011, Turkey has become the Read more

Calling Armenian Massacre Genocide Will Affect Turkish-German Relations, Erdogan Warns

As the German Bundestag prepares to vote a resolution recognizing the 1915 massacre of around 1.5 million Armenians as “genocide” committed by the Ottoman forces during World War I, President Erdogan called Chancellor Angela Merkel to alert her of the Read more