Top Turkish, US diplomats discuss bilateral relations

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed bilateral relations on the sidelines of NATO foreign ministers' meeting in Latvia's capital Riga on Dec. 1. 

Çavuşoğlu paid a visit to Latvia to attend the NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting in Riga on 30 November-1 December 2021 and to hold a number of bilateral meetings with his counterparts.

Çavuşoğlu held a meeting with Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio of Italy, where our relations and regional issues particularly Libya and Afghanistan were discussed, before the NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting.

At the sessions of the NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting of the first day, Çavuşoğlu shared our views on the Alliance's new Strategic Concept ahead of the 2022 Madrid Summit and the challenges in the Euro-Atlantic area.

Afterwards, Çavuşoğlu also met with Blinken and evaluated the recent developments in Ethiopia, Ukraine, Syria and Caucasus as well as our bilateral relations.

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