The key facts

  • The Erdogan–Tshisekedi meeting took place in Antalya on the sidelines of the COP31 summit
  • The meeting was attended by the foreign minister, the AKP spokesman, and the head of MIT
  • The content of the talks is not disclosed in the report

Talks on the sidelines of the climate summit

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met in Antalya on Thursday with the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Felix Antoine Tshisekedi, the Anadolu agency reports. The talks took place on the sidelines of the COP31 summit, which is being held in the southern Turkish city.

Composition of the delegations

On the Turkish side, in addition to Erdogan, the meeting was attended by Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Deputy Chairman and official spokesman of the ruling Justice and Development Party Omer Celik, as well as the head of the National Intelligence Organization (MIT), Ibrahim Kalin. The agency's report gave no information about the content of the talks or the agreements reached.