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On March 7, the Atlantic Council IN TURKEY & Turkey Programs hosted H.E. Hakan Fidan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye, at the Atlantic Council Headquarters in Washington, DC for a conversation on US-Türkiye bilateral relations, Türkiye perspectives on regional issues and Türkiye’s foreign policy priorities during the Minister’s trip to the United States to participate in the US-Türkiye Strategic Mechanism.
Atlantic Council Executive Vice President Jenna Ben-Yehuda delivered opening remarks, and Atlantic Council IN TURKEY & Turkey Programs Senior Director Defne Arslan moderated the one on one conversation with Minister Fidan.
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The Atlantic Council in Turkey, which is in charge of the Turkey program, aims to promote and strengthen transatlantic engagement with the region by providing a high-level forum and pursuing programming to address the most important issues on energy, economics, security, and defense.