October 21, 2024 07:23 GMT
TURKEY: Erdogan Seeks Deepening Ties With Germany
TURKEY
- Turkey wants to strengthen cooperation with Germany on the procurement of defense industry products, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said over the weekend, as cited by Hurriyet. "We wish to improve our cooperation by leaving behind some of the problems previously experienced in the context of the supply of defense industry products," the President said in a joint news conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Istanbul.
- Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha will make his first official visit to Turkey today to meet with his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan, Hurriyet report. The two diplomats will discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine and the deepening ties between their countries, diplomatic sources told local media.
- Turkey’s Energy & Natural Resources Minister will speak at an event at 09:30BST/11:30 local time in Istanbul while President Erdogan chairs an AK Party executive meeting in Ankara. There are no data releases scheduled for today, nor are there any tier 1 releases scheduled for the entirety of the week.
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