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Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu held a virtual meeting with his Omani counterpart, Badr Al-Busaidi, to discuss regional issues as well as bilateral cooperation.

In a tweet, Çavuşoğlu said issues including Afghanistan, Syria and Yemen came under discussion.

Turkey has been conducting dialogue with Taliban officials through the Turkish Embassy in Kabul, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Sept. 27, noting that Turkey has decided to provide humanitarian aid to Afghanistan through neighboring Pakistan.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Sept. 27 reiterated Turkey's support to Azerbaijan and called on parties for normalization process in the region on the first anniversary of the Karabakh war.

Turkic Council members are meeting in Istanbul on Sept. 27 to discuss current developments in Afghanistan, where the Taliban have taken power.

Turkey and Uzbekistan will "work together on Afghanistan," Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Sept. 26. 

In a Twitter post following his meeting with Uzbek counterpart Abdulaziz Kamilov in Istanbul, Çavuşoğlu said: "We will further increase our trade with the Preferential Trade Agreement."

"We will mutually recognize the vaccination certificates," he added.

Turkey will soon open a consulate in Serbia's southern city of Nis, the Turkish envoy to Belgrade said on Sept. 24. 

The consulate will serve Turkish citizens and bolster the country's commercial, economic and cultural interests in the region, Ambassador Hami Aksoy told Anadolu Agency.

The European Union must work with Turkey for the stability of the region and beyond, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Sept. 23 after meeting a senior EU official.

The top diplomat met with Josep Borrell, the EU high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, on the sidelines of the 76th session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York.

The international community should continue to engage with Afghanistan, Turkey's foreign minister said on Sept. 22. 

Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and his counterparts exchanged opinions on irregular migration and the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan as part of a virtual G20 foreign ministers meeting hosted by the Italian chair of the intergovernmental forum.

Ahead of a one-on-one meeting on Sept. 21 on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, the U.S. and Turkey's top diplomats said they would continue to work on Afghanistan.

Turkey's foreign minister on Sept. 20 held separate meetings with his Colombian, Venezuelan, Bahraini counterparts in New York.

Meeting with Colombian Vice President and Foreign Minister Marta Lucia Ramirez, Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said that the two countries will finalize agreements to encourage trade and investment.