The United States announced: critical meeting on the Ankara-Washington line

According to the US State Department statement, Secretary of State Hakan Fidan will meet with his US counterpart Antony Blinken today at 3:30 p.m. Turkish time.

According to the Voice of America story, Blinken will first meet with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmihal. At 12:00 noon, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, will hold a closed-door meeting with the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, Catherine Colonna, the German Foreign Minister, Annalena Baerbock, the Minister Italian Foreign Affairs Minister Antonio Tajani, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and British Foreign Minister James Cleverly. .

FIRST PRESENTIAL MEETING

Blinken’s meeting with Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. local time (15:30 GMT). According to the US State Department statement, the press will also be able to take pictures before the meeting.

Diplomatic sources stated that the main agenda of the meeting will be Turkey’s continued objection to Sweden’s NATO membership.

The meeting will be the first face-to-face contact after Hakan Fidan is appointed as Foreign Minister. The two ministers had a telephone conversation on June 8; Blinken was reported to have stressed the need for Sweden to join the NATO alliance as soon as possible.