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President Erdoğan meets with King of Malaysia Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who is in Malaysia for the Kuala Lumpur Summit, met with King of Malaysia Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Musta'in Billah. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/114020/president-erdogan-meets-with-king-of-malaysia-al-sultan-abdullah-ri-ayatuddin-al-mustafa-billah-shah

President Erdoğan meets reporters in Geneva

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met reporters on the sidelines of the Global Refugee Forum in Geneva, Switzerland. Commenting on the Global Refugee Forum, Erdoğan said: “During our time in Geneva on the occasion of the UN Global Refugee Summit, we held bilateral meetings and shared our opinions on the refugee crisis with the UN. I received the Prime Minister of Somalia. We have discussed bilateral relations and the situation in Eastern Africa. You would recall the great humanitarian crisis in Somalia when we first visited the country on a Ramadan day. The situation has been improving gradually. Thankfully...

President Erdoğan meets with Prime Minister of Malaysia Tun Dr Mahathir

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who is in Malaysia to attend the Kuala Lumpur Summit, met with Prime Minister of Malaysia Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad at the Prime Minister’s Office in Putrajaya. During the meeting, President Erdoğan and Prime Minister of Malaysia Tun Dr Mahathir also presided over the signing ceremony of 15 documents in various fields, including technology and defense industry. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/114014/president-erdogan-meets-with-prime-minister-of-malaysia-tun-dr-mahathir

President Erdoğan in Malaysia

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan arrived in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur at 08:50 a.m. (Turkish local time) with “TRK” plane to attend the Kuala Lumpur Summit. President Erdoğan was welcomed at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport by the Health Minister of Malaysia Dzulkefly Ahmad, Ambassador of Turkey to Kuala Lumpur Merve Kavakçı and the President of Defence Industries İsmail Demir. On his trip to Kuala Lumpur, Erdoğan is accompanied by First Lady Emine Erdoğan, Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister of Treasury and Finance Berat Albayrak, Minister of Interior Süleyman...

President Erdoğan presents the book “Cooperation for Refugees” to leaders

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan introduced the book “Cooperation for Refugee” to his counterparts at the 1st Global Refugee Forum. At the 1st Global Refugee Forum, Erdoğan presented the book “Safe Harbour Turkey’s Call to the World: Cooperation for Refugees” to all of his counterparts attending the forum and, in particular, to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. The book published in English and Turkish consists of chapters titled “Turkey Embracing Refugees from the Past to Present”, “Turkey’s Approach to Refugees”, “Other Countries’ Approach to Refugees” and “There is Hope for Syrians: Safe Zone”. The book elaborates on...

President Erdoğan visits the exhibition “Life Goes On, Art Goes On”

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited the exhibition "Life Goes On, Art Goes On". President Erdoğan, who is in Geneva to attend the 1st Global Refugee Forum, visited the exhibition “Life Goes On, Art Goes On” at the UN Office. Fecir Alptekin, Member of Presidential Culture and Arts Policies Board, introduced the exhibition compiled of paintings created by Syrian artists living in Turkey. President Erdoğan, who visited the exhibition “Life Goes On, Art Goes On” organized by the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey as part of the Forum, left the exhibition area to continue his contacts at...

President Erdoğan meets with UN Secretary-General Guterres

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who is in Geneva for the Global Refugee Forum, met with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/113998/president-erdogan-meets-with-un-secretary-general-guterres

‘Refugees’ safe return as important as fighting terror’

Formulas to keep refugees in their own lands, repatriate those in Turkey need to be implemented, says President Erdoğan Safe return of refugees and establishing a permanent stability in Syria is as important as fight against terrorism, the President Erdoğan said on Tuesday. Addressing the first-ever Global Refugee Forum in Geneva, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said: “Formulas to keep refugees in their own lands and repatriate those in Turkey need to be implemented.” Erdoğan also said that Turkey is currently hosting 5 million refugees -- with 3.7 of them Syrian -- and never forcefully repatriated any of them. “Countries...