Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan hosted dozens of foreign counterparts in Tรผrkiye throughout 2025 for talks on Gaza, post-Assad Syria, the Russia-Ukraine war, and Tรผrkiye's regional security priorities and EU accession goals, playing a key role in the region.
In January, Fidan met with a range of senior figures, including then-Belgian Foreign Minister Bernard Quintin and Iraq's Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Masrour Barzani.
A key engagement in the first month of the year was a "3+3" meeting bringing together Fidan, Defense Minister Yasar Guler and National Intelligence Organization (MIT) Director Ibrahim Kalฤฑn with Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi and senior security officials, which was followed by a joint news conference on Syria, Gaza and counterterrorism.
Frequent high-level talks with Syria
Later in January, Fidan, Guler and Kalฤฑn also held a 3-plus-3 meeting with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hass
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