Turkish FM Çavuşoğlu meets with 17 foreign officials during Brazilian president's inauguration

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu met with a total of 17 foreign representatives, including U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, on the sidelines of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s inauguration ceremony on Jan. 1.

Çavuşoğlu first held meetings with Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Maliki and Mali Foreign Minister Abdullay Deyub in the Brazilian capital of Brasilia.

After the swearing-in ceremony, he met with several others including Biden, Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro, Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao, and Qatari Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed bin Abdullah al-Mahmud.