TDT Foreign Ministers Council Meeting will be held in Ankara

According to information obtained from Ministry of Foreign Affairs sources, with the meeting to be held within the scope of the 13th TDT Summit to be held in Ankara on 29-30 October, TDT Foreign Ministers will meet for the fifth time this year at the council meeting, one ordinary and four informal.

At the TDT Council of Foreign Ministers Meeting, it is envisaged that consultations will be held on the areas of cooperation within TDT and the work towards the institutionalization of the Organization.

At the end of the meeting, it is expected that some administrative and financial documents related to the functioning of the Organization will be approved.

Foreign Minister Fidan is also planned to hold bilateral meetings with his counterparts within the scope of the meeting.

In his address at the meeting, Minister Fidan is expected to underline that under the umbrella of TDT, the ability to act jointly with the political dialogue between the Turkish states has been strengthened and the bonds of common history, language, culture and brotherhood have been transformed into concrete cooperation.

Minister Fidan, who is expected to state that priority will be given to increasing the institutional capacity of the Organization, improving the human and financial means and capabilities of the secretariat, and intensifying the coordination between Turkish Cooperation Organizations, during Türkiye's TDT Presidency, said that the transformation of economic and strategic cooperation, especially in energy, trade, investments, digital transformation and defense industry, into concrete results, and especially the connectivity and economic development between Asia and Europe by strengthening the Middle Corridor with Trans-Caspian Transition. It is expected to emphasize the importance of strengthening resilience.

Minister Fidan is also expected to draw attention to the developments in Afghanistan and the effects of these developments on regional security, stability and connectivity, and express the need to increase consultation and coordination on this issue among TDT member and observer countries.

“Cooperation Council of Turkic-Speaking Countries” was established with the Nakhchivan Agreement signed between Türkiye, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan on October 3, 2009; The name of the organization was changed to "Organization of Turkish States" (TDT) with the decision taken at the Istanbul Summit in 2021.

Source: TRT Haber Açık RSS (Gündem) (Open Press / Translated Full Text)