Turkish top diplomat due in Egypt after Libya visit
Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will travel to Egypt following his talks in Libya on Aug. 13, days after Türkiye, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan signed a trilateral defense agreement, diplomatic sources have said.
Fidan will be in Cairo on Aug. 13 and 14 to meet his Egyptian counterpart, Badr Abdelatty, and other senior officials. He will also be received by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
The foreign ministers will co-chair the second meeting of the Türkiye-Egypt Joint Planning Group and review the implementation of the decisions taken during the High-Level Strategic Council meeting in February.
According to the sources, the ministers will evaluate all aspects of bilateral ties and agreements to be signed in the future while expressing their joint will to further boost economic and trade ties to reach a trade volume of $15 billion.
