No: 132, 10 June 2016

H.E. Feridun Sinirlioğlu, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey, will pay a visit to Beijing on 12-14 June 2016 to attend the Strategic Dialogue Meeting with Executive Vice-Foreign Minister H.E. Zhang Yesui. During the meeting, the sides will discuss bilateral relations between Turkey and China, as well as regional and global issues, particularly the situation in Syria, Iraq and the DAESH threat.

Undersecretary H.E. Feridun Sinirlioğlu will also be received by Foreign Minister H.E. Wang Yi during his visit.

Within the scope of the Strategic Dialogue Meeting, the Turkey-China Joint Working Group will meet under the co-chairmanship of Deputy Undersecretary Ambassador H.E. Murat Salim Esenli and Vice Foreign Minister H.E. Zhang Ming. The Working Group, as a preliminary to the first meeting of the Intergovernmental Mechanism at the level of Turkey-China Deputy Prime Ministers, will discuss security, fight against terrorism/organized crime, policy planning, regional issues, as well as bilateral relations and cooperation in international fora.