2023-09-29 08:00:32
Ankara/Berlin. Following the news in the press that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will visit Germany in November, although the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not yet confirmed the date of the visit, it answered VOA Turkish’s question on the subject as “Erdoğan’s visit to Germany is expected soon.” A Turkish diplomatic source in Berlin stated that the visit is on the agenda, but the exact date is still being negotiated.
If President Erdoğan visits Germany, he will have accepted the invitation made by Prime Minister Olaf Scholz in the spring. Scholz called Erdogan to congratulate him on his re-election as President after the May 28 elections and invited him to Berlin. In the statement made by Scholz’s spokesman, it was stated that the German Chancellor wanted to work together on the issues of “good developments in the Eastern Mediterranean, pending current decisions regarding NATO and relations between Turkey and the European Union”, and added: “For this purpose, the Prime Minister is the President of the re-elected President.” “He invited me to Berlin for his first visit.”
Erdoğan’s planned visit in January was canceled
Erdoğan and Scholz last met in New Delhi, the capital of India, as part of the G20 Leaders Summit this month. During the meeting, bilateral relations between Turkey and Germany were discussed, the re-operation of the Turkey-EU dialogue mechanism, the Russia-Ukraine war and regional and global issues. It was announced that an exchange of views was held regarding the issue.
President Erdoğan’s planned visit to Berlin, the capital of Germany, on January 27 this year was later canceled. It was learned that the failure to reach an agreement between Ankara and Berlin regarding the content and timing of the visit was effective in the cancellation decision.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has made a total of 20 official and private visits to Germany so far as Prime Minister and President. Erdoğan last came to Germany on January 19, 2020 and attended the international summit in Berlin, hosted by then-Prime Minister Angela Merkel to support the efforts of the United Nations and to initiate a permanent ceasefire and political process in Libya. .
Olaf Scholz visited Ankara on March 14, 2022, after becoming prime minister in December 2021.
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