We are working seriously to normalize relations with Türkiye and Azerbaijan, and I am convinced we will achieve that goal.

If we have no relations with Türkiye, that scale is empty — and an empty scale creates serious risks and instability.

Normalizing relations with Türkiye and Azerbaijan is not a matter of whim. It is a necessity.

Our relations with Russia are in a transformation phase — and I consider that transformation positive.

Our relations with Russia are open and sincere. We have kept no dark corners in that relationship.

We will continue working in the Eurasian Economic Union until the moment when a choice between the EU and the EAEU becomes unavoidable.

That decision must naturally be made by the people of Armenia in a referendum.

Pakistan has been the main mediator between the United States and Iran.

Your diplomatic efforts have helped to prevent a return to full-blown war on several occasions and these efforts are much recognized and appreciated across Europe.

With your support, there's now a tenuous diplomatic opening to extend the ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Palestinian Christians live under the same Israeli settler-colonial occupation & apartheid.
 
They face checkpoints, land confiscation, movement restrictions, home demolitions, settler terrorism, arbitrary arrests & economic suffocation.
 
What makes it particularly painful is that Palestinian Christians are invisible internationally.
 
Many assume Christians are protected under Israeli rule - or that the conflict is purely Muslim-Jewish. Neither is true.
 
Palestinian Christians are targeted as Palestinians first. Their Christian identity offers no exemption from occupation & apartheid.

Under the most dynamic and visionary leadership of President Xi Jinping, China has lifted 800 million people out of poverty, provided jobs to millions of people.

China in terms of economic power is second to none. China in terms of military power is at par with the most powerful nation in this world.

He's not a dictator there at all...

He essentially cannot be a dictator.

He's smart! A young man, promising, focused on cooperation.

Palestinian Christians are seen as special threats because they can speak directly to international churches, theologians & institutions.
 
They don't just challenge Israeli policies politically, but also theologically.
 
They confront the religious language used to justify occupation & settlement expansion.
 
Hence, they are targeted since their voice undermines efforts to frame Israeli policies as divinely sanctioned & beyond moral criticism.

Residency restrictions, movement controls & settler expansion are destroying Christian community life in Jerusalem & the West Bank.
 
Attacks on churches, cemeteries, monasteries & clergy have been escalating for years - long before October 7th.
 
Vandalism, spitting on clergy, denied visas, expelled priests. Over 60 physical attacks last year alone.
 
In Al-Taibe, a Christian village of 2,000 people, attacks happen daily.
 
Total impunity. Perpetrators rarely held accountable. This has been the reality since the beginning of the occupation.

Tehran insists talks will not resume unless Israeli operations stop and forces withdraw from occupied areas in Lebanon.

Iranian officials also say Iran and allied groups are considering escalating pressure, including potential disruption of key maritime routes such as the Strait of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab.

Source: Tasnim

Jerusalem has been closed to Palestinians since the 1990s.
 
West Bankers, worshippers & clergy alike, need a permit - requiring security clearance which is not easily granted.
 
Israeli authorities use permits as blackmail since churches need consent to operate schools, hospitals & charities.
 
Christians are cut off from their sacred geography, which is not only physical but also a question of sovereignty
 
The last time I was legally in Jerusalem was 1991, over 35 years ago.

Spitting on clergy & Christian symbols happens daily in Jerusalem.
 
According to the racist minister Ben-Gvir, spitting is part of Jewish tradition.
 
Settlers are not a separate lunatic fringe. They are part of the Israeli establishment - supported & protected by the state.
 
For us, settler attacks are state-sanctioned measures against Palestinians.
 
And even if Israel didn't protect them - it is still indifferent to what they do.

The settlements are strangling Christians in Bethlehem - the birthplace of Jesus.
 
A new settlement is being built next to Beit Sahour, adding to 25 settlements already surrounding Bethlehem.
 
If built, and it will be built, it will push out half the population.
 
Over 50 iron gates & 80 roadblocks disconnect Bethlehem from its villages.
 
Indigenous Christians are disappearing from the birthplace of Christianity.

Watching fellow Christians support policies that harm Palestinian Christians is a wound in our heart.
 
Christian Zionism places Israel not as a political reality but as a theological necessity beyond moral accountability.
 
The Patriarchs & Heads of Churches in Jerusalem have warned Christian presence is under threat. The global church should be alarmed.
 
In five years, Christians in Gaza may be gone. Same in the West Bank, maybe in 20 years.
 
How can Christians support a system that makes the continued existence of Christianity in the Land of Christ impossible?