Turkish top diplomat, Arab League secretary-general hold talks in Egypt

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Thursday met with Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Fahmy in Egypt’s coastal city of El-Alamein, Turkish diplomatic sources said.

The sources provided no further information on the meeting.

Fidan also held a meeting with Major General Hassan Mahmoud Rashad, director of Egypt’s main spy agency, the General Intelligence Service.

Fidan began a two-day visit to Egypt on Thursday.

During the visit, Fidan is scheduled to be received by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el Sisi and meet senior Egyptian officials, according to Turkish foreign ministry sources.

He will discuss bilateral relations, review the current status of agreements under negotiation and encourage mutual investment in line with a common goal of increasing bilateral trade volume to $15 billion, the sources said.

The Turkish foreign minister will also discuss cooperation in hydrocarbons, electricity grid integration, energy infrastructure and mining, according to the sources.

Fidan will assess steps that can be taken to advance existing cooperation in the military and defence industries and emphasise the importance of addressing regional issues through dialogue and diplomacy on the basis of regional ownership and shared responsibility, the sources said.

He will also underline Türkiye’s determination to continue joint efforts bilaterally and through multilateral platforms such as the R4 initiative, which brings together the foreign ministers of Türkiye, Egypt, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.

The visit will include the second meeting of the Türkiye-Egypt Joint Planning Group, co-chaired by Fidan and Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, according to the sources.