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MAR 13, 2021
Turkey said it had resumed diplomatic contacts with Egypt, a sign it’s making progress in rebooting relations with some Arab nations that for years have been strained over Islamist politics and regional conflicts.
The talks are at the “intelligence and foreign ministry levels,” Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Friday, according to the state-run Anadolu Agency.
Mr. Cavusoglu said that while neither side had set preconditions, “it’s not that easy to move on as if nothing has happened after years of broken ties.” President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said shortly after that contacts could move to a higher level if they produced results.
Turkey has supported Islamist political movements under Mr. Erdogan, but in places like the Arab Gulf, such groups are seen as a threat to dynastic rule.
Relations between Ankara and Cairo soured after Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sissi toppled the country’s Islamist leader, Mohammed Morsi, in 2013. Since then, Egypt and Turkey have also clashed over the conflicts in Libya and Iraq.
Signaling a thaw, Mr. Cavusoglu earlier this month had praised the nature of Egypt’s search for hydrocarbons in the eastern Mediterranean, saying it respected Turkey’s exclusive zone.
U.S. offers temporary residency to Burmese
The Biden administration offered temporary legal residency Friday to people from Myanmar, where military leaders have overthrown the country’s elected government and are using deadly force against protesters.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said the temporary protected status would last for 18 months. The designation applies to people from that country already living in the U.S.
Myanmar’s military seized power Feb. 1, hours before the seating of a new parliament following election results that were seen as a rebuff to the country’s generals. The coup upended internationally backed efforts to restore democracy. Security forces have killed dozens of anti-junta protesters.
Myanmar court extends AP reporter’s detention
A court in Myanmar extended on Friday the pretrial detention of an Associated Press journalist who was arrested while covering anti-coup protests. He is facing a charge that could send him to prison for three years.
Thein Zaw, 32, was one of nine media workers taken into custody during a protest on Feb. 27 in Yangon, the country’s largest city, and has been held without bail. His next hearing at the Kamayut Township court will be on March 24.
Thein Zaw and at least six other journalists have been charged with violating a public order law, according to his lawyer and the independent Assistance Association for Political Prisoners.
Ex-interim Bolivia leader claims she is wanted
Bolivia’s former interim president said Friday that authorities are seeking her arrest as they move against officials who backed the ouster of former leader Evo Morales, which his party — now back in power — considers a coup.
“The political persecution has begun,” tweeted Jeanine Añez, who headed a conservative administration that took power after Mr. Morales resigned in November 2019.
The Prosecutor’s Office did not confirm that a warrant had been issued for Ms. Añez, but police officers were seen guarding her home in the city of Trinidad on Friday night, apparently without trying to arrest her. She was not home.
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