Hakan Fidan holds talks with Indian, Bruneian ministers at ASEAN Summit
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan meets with the Brunei Darussalam Minister of Foreign Affairs Dato Seri Erywan Yusof on the margins of the Turkiye-ASEAN Sectoral Dialogue Partnership Meeting in Vientiane, Laos on July 27, 2024. (AA Photo)
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan held bilateral talks on the sidelines of an ASEAN summit in Vientiane, Laos on Saturday, diplomatic sources said.
Fidan met Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Brunei Darussalam’s Foreign Minister Dato Erywan Yusof.
Fidan is in Laos for a two-day visit to participate in Türkiye’s sixth trilateral meeting with ASEAN as part of their “sectoral dialogue partnership.” The talks coincide with ASEAN’s 57th foreign ministers’ summit.
During his meeting with Indian counterpart Jaishankar, the two discussed bilateral political and economic issues as well as regional matters, including the situation in Afghanistan and security in the Asia Pacific region.
In his talks with Yusof, the schedule for upcoming high-level visits, developments in Gaza, and the situation of Rohingya Muslims were reviewed.
Türkiye formalized its relationship with ASEAN in 2010 by signing one of the bloc’s founding documents and became a sectoral dialogue partner in 2017. The political and economic union comprises 10 southeast Asian states.
Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan paid a courtesy visit to Laotian Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone.
According to a post on the Ministry’s X (formerly Twitter) account, Minister Fidan visited Prime Minister Siphandone in Vientiane, Laos, where he is attending the sixth Trilateral Meeting of Türkiye-ASEAN Sectoral Dialogue Partnership as part of the 57th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting.
