Official Welcome and Family Photo held at NATO Heads of State and Government Summit

Official Welcome and Family Photo held at NATO Heads of State and Government Summit

Leaders attended the family photo session as part of the 36th NATO Heads of State and Government Summit hosted by Türkiye.

At the Summit held at the Presidential Complex, the leaders were welcomed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. President Erdoğan and Rutte posed separately for photographs with the leaders.

Following the official welcome ceremony, the family photo was taken.

During the photo session, Prime Minister Edi Rama of Albania stood to President Erdoğan’s right, while NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte stood to his left.

The leaders then proceeded to the Meeting of the North Atlantic Council at the level of Heads of State and Government. President Erdoğan entered the hall while conversing with Prime Minister Rama of Albania.

Ahead of the meeting, President Erdoğan, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, and National Intelligence Organisation (MİT) Director İbrahim Kalın had a brief standing conversation with President Donald Trump of the USA.