Deputy Foreign Minister Ambassador Berris Ekinci attended a briefing on COP31 operations and logistics in New York. Ekinci met with Dato Ahmad Faisal, Malaysia's deputy secretary-general for multilateral relations.
Ekinci also met with Carl Skau, Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme. She also attended an event organized by the United Arab Emirates titled "Water: A Strategic Imperative from Global Challenges to Joint Action."

On the margins of the 81st UN General Assembly, Ekinci also met Fahad bin Abdulrahman Balghunaim, head of the founding team of the Global Water Organization (GWO).

Deputy Foreign Minister Ambassador Levent Gümrükçü, meanwhile, took part in the informal meeting of foreign ministers of the South-East European Cooperation Process.
Gümrükçü also attended the High-Level Meeting of the Group of Friends of the Alliance of Civilizations, an initiative co-sponsored by Türkiye, held on the margins of the 81st UN General Assembly.

The two diplomats continued their diplomatic engagements in New York on the sidelines of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly.