President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti at Turkish House in New York ahead of the opening of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly. Erdoğan said Türkiye would continue supporting Kosovo in attaining the position it deserves in the international community.
Erdoğan said Türkiye also supports dialogue among the Balkan countries. The meeting addressed relations between Türkiye and Kosovo, as well as regional and global issues.
Erdoğan said the necessary steps would be taken to bring the two countries' trade volume to a level commensurate with their potential, adding that cooperation in security and the defense industry would also be developed.
Erdoğan also invited Kurti to the leaders' summit of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP31), which Türkiye will host in November.
Türkiye was also represented at the meeting by Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Trade Minister Ömer Bolat, Presidential Communications Director Burhanettin Duran, the president's chief adviser on foreign policy and security, Akif Çağatay Kılıç, and Çağrı Erhan, deputy chair of the Presidential Council for Foreign Policy and Security Policies.