Turkish President Erdoğan met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, in Ankara on July 27.
Erdoğan asked Wang Yi to convey his warm greetings to President Xi Jinping. Erdoğan said that Türkiye and China are countries with global influence, and the importance of cooperation between the two countries goes beyond bilateral relations and added: “The Turkish side, which adheres to the one-China principle and believes that China's development is not a threat, wishes to continue maintaining close high-level contacts with the Chinese side; strengthening the link between Türkiye's 'Middle Corridor' plan and 'Belt and Road' initiative through mechanisms such as cooperation committee, joint economic and trade committee between the governments of the two countries; deepening cooperation in fields such as trade, energy and tourism; and taking Türkiye-China relations to a new level. We welcome Chinese companies to expand their investments in Türkiye.”
Wang Yi, on the other hand, conveyed President Xi Jinping's heartfelt greetings to President Erdoğan. Wang Yi stated that the Chinese side congratulated the President on his re-election and supported Türkiye in upholding its independence and pursuing a development path suited to its national conditions: “Both China and Türkiye are representatives of emerging markets and major developing countries. The two sides share broad common interests, with no conflict of fundamental interests. The development of bilateral relationship is future-oriented and has broad prospects. China places a high value on relations with Türkiye. China desires to work with Türkiye to help each other on the path of national rejuvenation, support each other on issues of core interests, and strive to maintain and deepen mutual political trust, and uplift China-Türkiye strategic cooperation to a new level. China hopes to make good use of the mechanism of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Committee to comprehensively advance pragmatic cooperation in various fields, facilitate the construction of the Belt and Road Initiative, and achieve a higher level of mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation in order to make positive contributions to global economic recovery.
Wang Yi also met with Foreign Minister of Türkiye Fidan on the same day.