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President Erdoğan returns home

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has returned home upon concluding his official visit to Ukraine at the invitation of President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine. The plane with President Erdoğan and his accompanying delegate on board departed from Rzeszów, Poland, and landed at Atatürk Airport at 23:45. President Erdoğan was greeted by Vice President Fuat Oktay, Governor of Istanbul Ali Yerlikaya, and Justice and Development (AK) Party Istanbul Provincial Chairman Osman Nuri Kabaktepe at the airport. President Erdoğan was joined on the flight returning to Istanbul by Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister...

Presidency’s Directorate of Communications holds “UN Security Council Reform” panel in London

Presidency's Directorate of Communications held a panel with the theme "United Nations (UN) Security Council Reform: A New Approach to Reconstructing the International Order" in London. Altınbaş University Rector and Member of the Presidential Security and Foreign Policy Council Prof Çağrı Erhan, Faculty Member of İstanbul Nişantaşı University and Member of the Presidential Security and Foreign Policies Council Prof Nurşin Güney, founder and director of the think tank Forward Thinking Oliver McTernan, and author, analyst, and former faculty member Paul E. M. Reynolds attended the panel moderated by Assoc Prof Kılıç Buğra Kanat,...

President Erdoğan departs from Poland

After his meetings in Ukraine, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan departed for Türkiye from the Polish city of Rzeszów. President Erdoğan was bid farewell by Polish Regional Governor Radoslaw Wiatr and Turkish Ambassador to Warsaw Cengiz Kamil Fırat at Rzeszów International Airport in Poland. Along with President Erdoğan, Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Fatih Dönmez, Minister of National Defence Hulusi Akar, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Vahit Kirişci, Minister of Trade Mehmet Muş, Director of the National Intelligence...

President Erdoğan, President Duda of Poland talk over phone

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke by phone with President Andrzej Duda of Poland. Thanking President Duda for providing support to his journey to Ukraine partially via Poland, President Erdoğan stated that they held talks which would hopefully contribute to the peace process in Ukraine. President Duda, for his part, expressed his thanks and congratulations to President Erdoğan for his constructive role and efforts aimed at solving the Russia-Ukraine crisis, and for his contributions to the grain export deal. President Duda invited President Erdoğan to Poland as well.

“The international community should assume more responsibility for the revival of the diplomatic process between Ukraine and Russia”

Addressing a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Zelensky and UN Secretary-General Guterres, President Erdoğan said: “We discussed the opportunities for the positive atmosphere stemming from the Istanbul deal to be transformed into a lasting peace. We underscored that the international community should assume more responsibility for the revival of the diplomatic process.”  President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and UN Secretary-General António Guterres held a joint press conference following their trilateral meeting at the Potocki Palace. Touching upon the tête-à-tête he had with the Ukrainian President ahead of the trilateral...

President Erdoğan in Ukraine

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan arrived in Lviv, Ukraine, upon the invitation of President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine. Upon arriving at Rzeszów International Airport in Poland, President Erdoğan was met by Polish Regional Governor Radoslaw Wiatr and Turkish Ambassador to Warsaw Cengiz Kamil Fırat, and then he travelled by land to the city of Lviv. The meeting of the two leaders started at the Potocki Palace at 14.40.  President Erdoğan will meet with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres following his tête-à-tête with President Zelensky of Ukraine. After this meeting, President Erdoğan, Zelensky and...

President Erdoğan flies to Ukraine

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan left for Ukraine for an official visit at 9.15 a.m. today. Vice President Fuat Oktay and Deputy Governor of Ankara Abdullah Dölek, and other officials bade farewell to President Erdoğan at Esenboğa Airport. President Erdoğan is accompanied by Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Fatih Dönmez, Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Vahit Kirişci, Minister of Trade Mehmet Muş, Director of the National Intelligence Service Hakan Fidan, Presidency’s Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun, Presidential...

President Erdoğan, Prime Minister Lapid of Israel talk over phone

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke by phone with Prime Minister Yair Lapid of Israel. The call addressed the Türkiye-Israel relations and regional issues. President Erdoğan expressed his pleasure over the advancement of the relations within the framework agreed upon during Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Yair Lapid's visits to Türkiye. As regards the decision taken today to mutually re-appoint ambassadors, President Erdoğan said steps to that end would be taken as soon as possible. President Erdoğan added that he supports the improvement of the cooperation and dialogue between Türkiye and Israel...

Interdelegational Türkiye-Malaysia meetings concluded

King Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah of Malaysia, who was paying a visit to Ankara at the invitation of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and Vice President Fuat Oktay chaired the interdelegational meetings between the two countries. At the interdelegational meetings between the two countries, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Fatih Dönmez, Chief Foreign Affairs Advisor to the Vice President Halil Afşarata, Türkiye's Ambassador to Kuala Lumpur Emir Salim Yüksel, Chairman of Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPOA) Melih Han Bilgin and Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Utama Zafrul Bin Tengku Abdul Aziz of Malaysia, Secretary-General...