Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received a group of foreign ministers attending the R4+E3 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Istanbul on Friday, including Italy’s top diplomat, at the Dolmabahçe Presidential Office.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot, Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, and Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud attended the meeting with Erdoğan.

The gathering brought together senior diplomats from Türkiye, Germany, France, Italy, Pakistan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia for discussions within the R4+E3 framework.

The meeting comes amid ongoing regional and international diplomatic efforts to address pressing political and security challenges and strengthen coordination among participating countries.

Further details of the discussions were not immediately available. (ILKHA)