President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced his promised "great news". Hailing that these 320 billion cubic meters (bcm) are Turkey's biggest natural gas find to date,

Exactly a day after the 75th anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Indonesia, the Government established a special autonomy (Otsus) fund for the Province of Papua and Province of West Papua in the 2021 Draft State Budget (RAPBN 2021), amounting to IDR 7.8 trillion. This figure is an increase from the 2020 Revised State Budget, which is IDR 7.6 trillion.

President Erdogan made statements regarding the agenda during a meal with AK Party’s Provincial Organization of Rize. Regarding the tension in Eastern Mediterranean, he stated “Oruc Reis will maintain its activities until August 23. We will not let a slightest attack go unanswered”. (Sputnik Turkey 15.08.2020)

Pakistan’s Foreign Minister, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, elucidated the government’s four-pronged strategy over dealing with India on Monday, 17 August 2020, emphasizing that in a changing world, there would have to be a greater reliance on national strength, rather than looking towards international structures.