Deputy Foreign Minister Ambassador Berris Ekinci met with Ambassador Lazăr Comănescu, Secretary General of the Permanent Secretariat of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (BSEC), at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the meeting.

Comănescu, a former Romanian foreign minister, heads the BSEC Permanent International Secretariat, which is based in Istanbul. Founded in 1992 under Türkiye's leadership, BSEC aims to develop economic cooperation among the countries of the Black Sea region and its surroundings.