Fidan holds talks with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath in Baku

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism Vijitha Herath on the sidelines of the 7th CICA Summit in Baku.

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met Sri Lanka’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism, Vijitha Herath, on the sidelines of the 7th Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Baku. The Turkish Foreign Ministry announced the meeting with a photo of the two ministers shaking hands but gave no details of the talks.

According to Sri Lanka’s Foreign Ministry, Herath is leading his country’s delegation to the summit, held under the theme “Stronger CICA: Connectivity, Digitalisation and Sustainable Growth in Asia,” and is delivering Sri Lanka’s national statement. His program also includes bilateral talks with the foreign ministers of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.

Baku, host of the 7th CICA Summit (file photo)

A busy day of diplomacy for Fidan in Baku

Representing Türkiye at the summit on behalf of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Fidan also met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov on the sidelines, and was received by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.

Proposed by Kazakhstan at the UN General Assembly in 1992, CICA aims to promote cooperation for peace, security and stability in Asia. Türkiye held the CICA chairmanship from 2010 to 2014, while Azerbaijan chairs the forum for 2024-2026.

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