Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan speaks in Ankara. Photo: AFP/VNA
According to the source, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan began a two-day visit to Washington on March 25. During the meeting, the two foreign ministers "clearly reaffirmed their political will to remove obstacles to cooperation in the defense industry." They also continued discussions on issues previously raised by President Donald Trump and President Tayyip Erdogan.
Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and his US counterpart Marco Rubio also discussed organizing future visits at the head of state level, but did not elaborate further. In addition, both sides emphasized the importance of maintaining stability in Syria and the Balkans, and discussed efforts to bring peace and end the conflict in Ukraine, as well as the need for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
Foreign Minister Fidan's visit comes as Türkiye seeks to foster warmer relations with the US under President Donald Trump's administration, and just days after a phone call between President Trump and his counterpart Erdogan that President Trump's special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, described as a "major positive development."
Sources close to the matter said the phone call between the two leaders could provide positive momentum for dialogue in the coming days, although no commitments were made.
Relations between the US and Türkiye have recently been strained, with growing disagreements between the two NATO allies. Previously, the US removed Türkiye from the F-35 sixth-generation fighter jet program after Ankara purchased the Russian S-400 air defense missile system in 2019.
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