Anadolu Agency's Morning Briefing

ANKARA

Anadolu Agency is here with a rundown of the latest developments around the world.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Türkiye is establishing an energy base on the Black Sea seabed and will use natural gas discovered there from next year onwards.

Erdogan also said parties to the grain deal that have allowed Ukrainian grain exports to world markets via the Black Sea should agree to extend it beyond its expiration on Nov.19.

Türkiye and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) rejected a EU statement in which the bloc expressed concerns about the admission of the TRNC to the Organization of Turkic States as an observer member.

The Turkish foreign minister discussed developments related to the Russia-Ukraine war with his Estonian and Latvian counterparts in separate telephone calls.

The Temporary Charge d'affaires of the Swiss Embassy in Ankara was summoned to the Turkish Foreign Affairs Ministry following the forced entry of PKK terror group members and supporters into the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva.

Turkish security sources announced that Ugur Demirok, a senior member of the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO/PDY) was caught in an operation by the National Intelligence Organization (MIT).

French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna told the Le Parisien newspaper that wo more French citizens have been detained in Iran, bringing the number of people from France held in the Islamic republic to seven.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba pledged to take advantage of opportunities to build relationships and promote political matters with the 10 ASEAN nations following the signing of the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC).

President Joe Biden again apologized to world leaders for the US’ withdrawal from the landmark 2016 Paris climate agreement, emphasizing that his administration has worked to reinstitute American leadership to fight the global phenomena

Meanwhile, former US President Donald Trump filed a federal lawsuit in the state of Florida to not appear to testify at a deposition Monday before the House of Representatives committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riots.

NASA said it is on track to launch the Artemis I moon mission Nov. 16, which was delayed this time due to Tropical Storm Nicole.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart, Ebrahim Raisi, discussed “current issues on bilateral agenda” over the phone.

Meanwhile, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held four separate meetings with his Indonesian, Vietnamese, Thai, and Laotian counterparts.

Supporters of the PKK/YPG terror organization held a demonstration in the Swedish capital of Stockholm, calling for an end to Türkiye's counter-terrorism operations in northern Iraq.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev discussed the process of normalization Saturday between Baku and Yerevan in a phone call with his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron.

Aliyev warned that it is important to demonstrate a neutral, impartial and balanced approach in the normalizing process of relations between his country and Armenia.