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President Erdoğan meets with Albanian PM Rama

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with Prime Minister Edi Rama of Albania, who is in Türkiye for the Antalya Diplomacy Forum. https://www.tccb.gov.tr/en/news/542/135944/president-erdogan-meets-with-albanian-pm-rama

Antalya Diplomacy Forum Kicks Off

President Erdoğan attended the opening ceremony, which drew participants from 75 countries, including 17 heads of state and government and 80 ministers. Organised for the second time in Antalya under the auspices of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and hosted by Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF) started at the NEST Congress and Exhibition Centre in Belek Tourism Region. President Erdoğan, First Lady Emine Erdoğan, Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye Mustafa Şentop, Vice President Fuat Oktay and Minister of Foreign Affairs Çavuşoğlu, as well as participants from 75...

President Erdoğan arrives in Antalya

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan arrived in Antalya to attend the Antalya Diplomacy Forum. President Erdoğan and First Lady Emine Erdoğan were welcomed by Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and AK Party Deputy Chairman Binali Yıldırım.

President Erdoğan, US President Biden talk over phone

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke by phone with President Joe Biden of the US.  The call addressed regional developments, including Russia's attack on Ukraine and the Türkiye-US relations. Stating that Türkiye continued its efforts in order for a political resolution to be reached between Russia and Ukraine, President Erdoğan pointed to the importance of Türkiye's dialogue with both sides and facilitating position in seeking a solution in case the crisis deepened further. Drawing attention to the importance of the Russian and Ukrainian Foreign Ministers getting an opportunity to hold a face-to-face talk hosted...

Foreign Minister Çavuşoğlu evaluates Russia-Türkiye-Ukraine tripartite foreign ministers meeting

Minister of Foreign Affairs Çavuşoğlu, "During today's meeting, we have assumed a facilitative role while reserving Türkiye's national stance. We, as Türkiye, drew particular attention to the priority of the humanitarian dimension."   Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu evaluated the Russia-Ukraine-Türkiye tripartite meeting of foreign ministers held on the margins of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF) at the Regnum Carya Hotel in Antalya with the mediation of Türkiye. Çavuşoğlu stated that he underlined the necessity to immediately evacuate the civilians trapped in the warzone and...

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov evaluates Russia-Türkiye-Ukraine tripartite foreign ministers meeting

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov: “We will tackle the sanctions issue in such a way that we will never be dependent on the West. We will take such measures to ensure that we don’t find ourselves in a similar predicament again.” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov evaluated the Russia-Ukraine-Türkiye tripartite meeting of foreign ministers held on the margins of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF) at the Regnum Carya Hotel in Antalya with the mediation of Türkiye. Recalling that the tripartite meeting, which was held with the participation of Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and Ukrainian Foreign...

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba evaluates Russia-Türkiye-Ukraine tripartite foreign ministers meeting

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba evaluated the Russia-Ukraine-Türkiye tripartite meeting of foreign ministers held on the margins of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF) at the Regnum Carya Hotel in Antalya with the mediation of Türkiye. Kuleba began his remarks by thanking Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu for arranging the meeting, and stated that this was the first contact between Russia and Ukraine at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs level since Russia's attacks on Ukraine began. Dmytro Kuleba stated that the Ukrainian city of Mariupol was under constant aerial bombardment and that he came to the meeting...

Antalya hosts historic summit

Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Russia and Ukraine met in Antalya for the highest level talks between the two countries since the war began. In the peace talks, which was also attended by Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba negotiated for a settlement. In a statement he posted on social media, Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said, “At a time of great need for peace, met with my Russian and Ukrainian counterparts Lavrov and Kuleba in...