Turkish PM Yıldırım meets German chancellor, Azerbaijani president

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has held talks with the German chancellor and Azerbaijani president in Munich on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on Feb. 18. 

Yıldırım first met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Feb. 18, for a breakfast meeting in Munich. 
While the meeting was closed to the press, it lasted around 50 minutes. 

Turkey's European Union Minister Ömer Çelik, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Sports and Youth Minister Akif Çağatay Kılıç, Defense Minister Fikri Işık and Turkey's Berlin Ambassador Ali Kemal attended the talks. 

This meeting came two weeks after Merkel paid a visit to Ankara, where he met with Yıldırım and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. 

Yıldırım later met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, which was attended by Çavuşoğlu, Işık and National Intelligence Organization (MİT) head Hakan Fidan. 

The meeting lasted around one hour, state-run Anadolu Agency reported.  

The Munich Security Conference, which is an annual weekend gathering, is known for providing an open and informal platform for allies - and adversaries - to meet in close quarters.