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FM Çavuşoğlu discusses regional issues with French, UK counterparts

by Anadolu Agency

ANKARA Mar 24, 2021 - 11:52 am GMT+3
British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab (L) speaks with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu (R) during a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters, Brussels, Belgium, March 23, 2021. (EPA)
British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab (L) speaks with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu (R) during a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters, Brussels, Belgium, March 23, 2021. (EPA)
by Anadolu Agency Mar 24, 2021 11:52 am

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu held separate meetings with his French and British counterparts in Brussels to discuss regional issues Tuesday.

Following his meeting with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, Çavuşoğlu, who is in Brussels for a NATO foreign ministers' meeting, said on Twitter: "We will host the Joint Economic and Trade Committee meeting and Business Forum. Our talks on regional issues, including Syria and Libya, will continue."

Entretien avec le ministre des Affaires étrangères de #France @JY_LeDrian.

-Nous organiserons la réunion de la Commission économique et commerciale conjointe & le Forum d’affaires.

-Nos consultations sur les questions régionales comme la #Syrie et la #Libye vont continuer.

— Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (@MevlutCavusoglu) March 23, 2021

Syria has been ravaged by a civil war since early 2011 when the Bashar Assad regime cracked down on pro-democracy protesters. Based on United Nations estimates, hundreds of thousands of people have been killed and more than 10 million displaced.

According to the U.N.-led roadmap for the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum, President Mohamed Menfi, Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh and the incoming administration are expected to lead the country to elections by Dec. 24, 2021.

Libyans hope that this will end years of civil war that have engulfed the country since the ouster and killing of strongman Moammar Gadhafi in 2011.

Çavuşoğlu also met separately with his United Kingdom counterpart Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab.

"Wishing to broaden the scope of the Free Trade Agreement and reach the bilateral trade target of $20 billion. Discussed developments in #Cyprus, #EasternMediterranean and #Libya," Çavuşoğlu said in a Twitter post.

Met w/Foreign Minister @DominicRaab of #UK.

-Wishing to broaden the scope of the Free Trade Agreement and reach bilateral trade target of $20 billion.

-Discussed developments in #Cyprus, #EasternMediterranean and #Libya. pic.twitter.com/05ipywGQyj

— Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (@MevlutCavusoglu) March 23, 2021

Last year, Turkey and the U.K. signed a historic free trade agreement, without which, about 75% of Turkish exports to the U.K. would have been subject to tariffs that would have caused potential losses of some $2.4 billion.

Turkey, which has the longest continental coastline in the Eastern Mediterranean, has rejected maritime boundary claims by European Union members Greece and the Greek Cypriot administration, stressing that their excessive claims violate the sovereign rights of Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots.

Turkish leaders have repeatedly stressed that Ankara is in favor of resolving outstanding problems in the region through international law, good neighborly relations, dialogue and negotiations.

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