Minister Bayraktar spoke at a decoration conferral ceremony held by the Embassy of Japan in Ankara for former Ambassador to Tokyo Hasan Murat Mercan. In his remarks, Bayraktar assessed global developments and Türkiye-Japan relations.
Bayraktar said global supply chains had experienced disruptions and trade wars had emerged in recent years, adding that the world was facing one of the largest energy crises of modern times.
Bayraktar said bilateral and regional cooperation needed to be implemented more intensively to overcome global challenges. He noted that Türkiye and Japan constituted an important example in this regard.
Areas of cooperation
Bayraktar said Türkiye and Japan had developed significant cooperation in energy, trade, industry, culture and the arts, and stressed the importance of further advancing relations between the two countries.
“Türkiye and Japan will overcome these challenges together by further advancing their cooperation during this difficult period,” Bayraktar said.
Bayraktar said he believed the relevant institutions, the business community and civil society organizations would make joint efforts to develop cooperation between Türkiye and Japan. He added that the process would advance as the two countries acted together.
Thanks to Mercan
Bayraktar said Hasan Murat Mercan had made great efforts to develop relations between Türkiye and Japan during his term, and thanked him on behalf of the country and the state.
Bayraktar said Mercan’s contributions to Turkish-Japanese friendship had been appreciated by the Japanese government and the Emperor, and thanked the Japanese side for deeming Mercan worthy of the decoration.