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Editor — January 26, 2021 comments off Around three thousand journalists, academics, lawyers and civil society actors, members of the International Platform for Defense and Support for the Moroccan Sahara, published on Monday January 25, 2021, a Manifesto in which they welcome “the historic decision of the United States of America to fully recognize Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara” and reaffirm” their full support to the Autonomy Initiative for the Moroccan Sahara region, as...

Aditya Raj, student at National Law University, Jodhpur, in India discusses Turkey’s recent use of mercenaries in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region… The armed conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia which was over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh had developed quite an interesting twist with Turkey projecting itself as a ‘big’ brother of Azerbaijan and throwing its weight behind Baku and sending Syrian mercenaries to fight in the conflict. Ankara’s involvement in the conflic...

Recent developments in the Middle East signify major, and positive, changes in regional dynamics and balances. Four Arab countries—the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Sudan, and Morocco—have established, or are in the process of establishing, diplomatic relations with Israel; other Arab and Muslim countries are reportedly considering following suit. In addition, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, and Egypt lifted the embargo they imposed on Qatar in June 2017 and restored normal relations wit...

Diaspora opens new chapter in Russian-Nigerian business ties On Rex Essenowo (left) and participants at a recent Russian-African investment event/Photo: Natalia Astafyeva As part of efforts to connect Russia with Nigeria and to lure potential Russian investors and business people to Nigeria and vice versa, a business lecture platform “Doing Business with Nigeria” has been created in November. Its primary aim is to get the Russian business community to understand the economic and investment...

2020-12-16 15:35:02 Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ On December 15, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Igor Vladimirovich Morgulov received Ambassador Extraordinary of Mongolia to Russia D.Davaa to discuss cooperation between the two countries.   They underlined that the Treaty on Friendly Relations and Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between Mongolia and the Russian Federation has taken into effect this year and expressed pleasure with the progress in the ...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. What does "normal" mean in a year like 2020? For the state of Israel, surprisingly even by COVID-19 standards, it means the establishment of formal political, diplomatic and economic ties, through the signing of the Abraham Accords Peace Agreement, with the Kingdom of Bahrain (Bahrain) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), with other countries in the region that may follow suit. The signing of ...