Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday Turkey will not return its ambassador to Washington until it gets a "clear sign" from the administration after on the Armenian Genocide resolution, approved by the US House Foreign Affairs committee on March 4.

Turkey will never abandon its rights as a "guarantor" power on Cyprus, even if a peace deal is signed between Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders later this year, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Cemil Cicek said on Monday.

Turkey attaches great importance to the maintenance of internal peace in Georgia and the resolution of its territorial problems through peaceful means, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Monday in Tbilisi following talks with his Georgian counterpart, Grigol Vashadze.

TEHRAN (Hurriyet)-Turkey's foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu chided the US and its allies a day after signing an agreement with Iran for a nuclear fuel swap, a diplomatic idea highly regarded months ago when it was first floated but thought to be an impossibility.

BAKU (APA)-Turkey and Nakhichevan have signed a deal to run a gas pipeline from Turkey's eastern province of Igdir to Nakchivan.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Wednesday the Turkish government is still "resolute" in its drive to normalize relations with neighboring Armenia, but reiterated that the Turkish-Armenia border will not open until the Karabakh conflict is solved in Azerbaijan's favor, the Anatolia news agency reported.