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Preserving the hard-won ceasefire recently achieved in Gaza between Israel and Hamas is critically important, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday.
On an official visit to Kuwait, Erdogan met with Sheikh Mishal Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, the country’s emir, to discuss bilateral relations and regional and global issues, according to a statement from Türkiye’s Communications Directorate.
“Emphasizing the critical importance of maintaining the strenuously achieved ceasefire in Gaza, President Erdogan stated that a two-state solution is imperative for lasting peace, and highlighted the significance of the Islamic world's common stance on this matter,” the directorate said.
The statement added that Erdogan “stressed Türkiye's resolve in upholding Syria's political unity and territorial integrity, and expressed the desire to move forward together with the brotherly Arab states in building a promising future for the Syrian people.”
Erdogan said cooperation between Türkiye and Kuwait in investment, energy, trade, and defense holds strategic importance. “President Erdogan stressed the potential to further enhance the deep-rooted bilateral ties,” the statement said.
“President Erdogan expressed appreciation for Kuwait's efforts to promote regional stability as the current Chair of the Gulf Cooperation Council, and remarked that the Free Trade Agreement, still under negotiation between Türkiye and the GCC, would further strengthen Türkiye's commercial relations with the brotherly Gulf countries,” it added.
Erdogan arrived in Kuwait on Tuesday to hold official talks, his first stop on a three-day Gulf tour. He was welcomed by Sheikh Mishal in an official ceremony attended by Kuwait’s Public Works Minister Nora Mohammad Al Mashaan, Defense Minister Abdullah Ali Al Sabah, other Cabinet members and Kuwaiti officials, and staff from the Turkish Embassy.
Erdogan was accompanied by first lady Emine Erdogan, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar, Treasury and Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek, National Defense Minister Yasar Guler, Industry and Technology Minister Mehmet Fatih Kacir, Trade Minister Omer Bolat, Communications Director Burhanettin Duran, National Intelligence Organization head Ibrahim Kalin, and other officials.
Following the ceremony, Erdogan proceeded to the Bayan Palace, where he held bilateral and inter-delegation meetings with Mishal. Afterward, the two leaders attended the signing of several agreements and an official dinner hosted by the Kuwaiti emir.
Kuwait is the first stop of Erdogan’s three-day Gulf tour, which will also take him to Qatar and Oman through Thursday.
Four agreements were signed Tuesday between Türkiye and Kuwait in the presence of President Erdogan and Emir Sheikh Mishal.
Following bilateral and inter-delegation meetings at Kuwait’s Bayan Palace, a ceremony was held where the two sides signed a series of cooperation deals.
A maritime transport agreement and a memorandum of understanding on the mutual recognition of seafarers’ certificates between Türkiye’s Transport and Infrastructure Ministry and Kuwait’s Interior Ministry were signed by Fidan and Kuwaiti Interior Minister Sheikh Fahad Youssef Saud Al Sabah.
A memorandum on cooperation in the energy sector between Türkiye and Kuwait was signed by Energy and Natural Resources Minister Bayraktar and Kuwait’s Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy Minister Subaih Abdulaziz Abdulmohsen Al Muhaizem.
A memorandum on cooperation in direct investment incentives between Türkiye’s Presidential Investment and Finance Office and the Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion Authority (KDIPA) was signed by Ahmet Burak Daglioglu, head of the Turkish investment office, and Sheikh Meshal Jaber Al Ahmad Al Sabah, KDIPA’s director general.
Earlier in the day, Erdogan held inter-delegation meetings with Mishal and presented him with a model of Türkiye’s homegrown electric car, Togg, as a gift.
Kuwait is the first destination on Erdogan’s Gulf tour, which will continue with visits to Oman and Qatar.
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