Minister of Foreign Affairs

The Turkish Foreign Ministry announced that Norway has lifted defense-industry related restrictions on Türkiye, which had been in place since 2019.

According to Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Öncü Keçeli, the news was conveyed by Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide to Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan during a phone call on Wednesday.

The caretaker cabinet of Bulgaria has nominated Ekaterina Zaharieva and Julian Popov as the country's candidates for the position of European Commissioner. The decision was made during a meeting of the caretaker government held today.

Bulgaria has pledged its unwavering support for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's peace formula, as affirmed by Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Stefan Dimitrov during his inaugural address at the Conference on Security in the Black Sea, held under the auspices of the Crimean Platform.

At a ceremony this morning, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mariya Gabriel accepted the position in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from the Acting Foreign Minister Ivan Kondov.

"All together we must defend the place and role of our country in the EU and in the world. Let's turn challenges into opportunities," said Gabriel during the ceremony.

President Vui expressed satisfaction with the visit of Minister Dussey, as an exceptional opportunity to consider possibilities for intensifying cooperation between the two countries, which is bound by traditional and sincere friendship.

The presidents of Turkey and Belarus spoke by phone early on March 1 on the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Belarusian counterpart Aleksandr Lukashenko discussed Monday's negotiations between delegations from Ukraine and Russia in Belarus, the Turkish presidency said on Twitter.

Copenhagen – Foreign Minister Anže Logar paid a visit to Denmark on Thursday to meet his counterpart Jeppe Kofod. The talks focused on strengthening bilateral relations, reviewing the implementation of the priorities of the Slovenian EU presidency, and on topical international issues, including Afghanistan.

The president of Turkey and premier of Greece on Aug. 20 discussed recent developments in Afghanistan and the issue of migration in a phone call.

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The conditions in Afghanistan have changed after the Taliban's takeover of the rule and Turkey's priority is to complete the evacuations, the Turkish foreign minister has said, informing that Ankara will wait for the results of the inter-Afgan negotiations to decide about its future role regarding the Kabul international airport.

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Turkey's foreign minister is set to attend a meeting of an international coalition against ISIL terrorist group in Italy on June 28.

"Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister of Foreign Affairs will participate in the Ministerial Meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat DAESH which will be held in Rome on 28 June 2021, co-hosted by Italy and the U.S.," said a Turkish Foreign Ministry statement.