Turkish foreign minister holds calls with Qatar and Egypt counterparts
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Saturday held separate phone calls with Qatar’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty to discuss regional and bilateral issues.
Hurriyet newspaper, citing informed sources in the Turkish Foreign Ministry, reported that the calls were held by phone and focused on issues of mutual interest at the regional level and on bilateral relations.
No further details have yet been released about the specific topics of the discussions or any practical outcomes.
Turkey, Qatar and Egypt are considered important regional players, and diplomatic consultations among the three countries are usually tied to political and security developments in the Middle East.
