Cuba: Allies Pledge Help To End Economic Crisis
December 5th, 2022
Via Reuters, an article on Cuba’s efforts to seek help to end its economic crisis: China, Russia, Algeria and Turkey have pledged to restructure Cuba’s debt, provide new trade and investment financing, and help ease an energy crisis, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel told state-run media following a rare trip abroad last week. Any help would be […]
Read more »Europe’s New Gateway To Asia Through Azerbaijan
November 22nd, 2022
Via New Silk Road Discovery, commentary on the Middle Corridor project: Azerbaijan sees the Middle Corridor project as another opportunity to boost fruitful partnerships with China, Kazakhstan, and other parts of the landlocked Central Asian region. Among the many significant geopolitical consequences of Russia’s war against Ukraine has been the reinvigoration of the Middle Corridor, both as […]
Read more »Cuban Leader On Energy Quest To Russia, China, Turkey, Algeria
November 17th, 2022
Via Oil & Gas Daily, a report on Cuba’s search for energy sector support and oil: Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel started a tour Wednesday of Russia, China, Turkey and Algeria, hoping to boost his country’s struggling energy sector in the midst of prolonged blackouts and fuel shortages. The president said on Twitter the tour was […]
Read more »Will Turkey Really Become A Natural Gas Hub?
November 12th, 2022
Via Diplomatic Courier, commentary on whether Turkey will really become a natural gas hub: Turkey is, so far, one of the biggest winners of the Ukraine war. Ankara is carefully balancing its economic ties with Russia with the political and military support it continues providing to Kyiv. As a result, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an […]
Read more »Ankara To Work With Moscow On Natural Gas Hub in Turkey
October 21st, 2022
Via Business Insider, a report on Ankara’s plans to work with Moscow to create a natural-gas hub in Turkey: Russian President Vladimir Putin — whose plans to directly sell natural gas to Europe have been rebuffed — is now enlisting Turkey’s help to sell fuel to the continent instead. On Wednesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an […]
Read more »Libyan PM Defends Controversial Hydrocarbon Deal With Turkey
October 14th, 2022
Via AfricaNews.com, a report on Libya’s controversial hydrocarbon deal with Turkey: Head of Libya’s Tripoli-based government, Abdelhamid Dbeibah, has defended a hydrocarbon exploration deal in Libyan waters signed with Turkey that has been criticized by his political rivals and regional countries. “The Turkish-Libyan memorandum is based on bilateral agreements concluded before 2011. (…) It is our […]
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