The National Security Council of Turkey will convene a session on April 17 to discuss extending the state of emergency in the country, Vice Prime Minister of the country Nurettin Canikli told A Haber.
“If the decision on re-introducing death penalty is passed in the Parliament, I will ratify it. If it doesn’t pass, we will hold another referendum on introducing death penalty,” he said.
Protests erupted in Turkey’s Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir and other cities after the constitutional referendum results were published. The protestors chanted “This is just the beginning, we will continue the struggle”, Sozcu news agency reported.
Iran’s Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan expressed hope for a peaceful settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. The Iranian Minister made the remarks during a meeting with Azerbaijan’s Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov in Tehran, Mehr reported.
Up to 30 thousand soldiers, more than 250 tanks, over 200 various caliber missile-artillery systems, multiple rocket launchers, 25 gunships, UAVs and new radio-electronic reconnaissance devices are involved in the military exercises.
According to Sky News Arabia, the supply paths of ISIS terrorists in the Syrian desert were attacked, in the vicinity of Al Mayadin. Two oil elds which were captured by the Islamic State are also located in this area.
The Central Election Commission of Turkey has announced the victory of supporters of amendments to the constitution of Turkey at the referendum with a landslide of 1.25 million votes, Sadi Guven, head of the Central Election Commission (CEC) told journalists, TASS reports.
Heavy rain which started on Friday morning caused ood in the afternoon and the northwestern cities of Azarshahr and Ajabshir hit the hardest by the ood, “Armenpress” reports, citing Tehran Times.
“While discussing the appointment of the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, it was unanimously decided to appoint Yuri G. Khachaturov on that post starting from May 2,” Valery Semerikov told reporters while summarizing the results of CSTO non-official summit held in Kyrgyzstan on April 14.
President Serzh Sargsyan, who is in Bishkek on a working visit, together with other leaders of the EAEU – President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbaev, President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambaev, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and the President of Moldova Igor Dodon, who was invited to take part at the gathering, participated at the session of the Eurasian Supreme Economic Council.
