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NATO leaders are gathering in Ankara for the 36th NATO Summit, taking place July 7-8.
Preparations at the Presidential Complex have been finalized for the two-day meeting.
Ahead of the official meetings, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte kicked off the summit's media agenda on Monday, fielding questions from an international press corps.
Ahead of the 36th NATO Summit in Ankara, on Monday, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (C) receives U.S. Senate NATO Observer Group Co-Chair and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senior Member Jeanne Shaheen (3rd R), Senators Christopher Coons (R), Dick Durbin (3rd L) and Mike Rounds (2nd R), and U.S. Representative Mike Turner (2nd L).
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney(C) arrived at Ankara Airport with his wife, Diana Fox Carney(R), on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Carney was met at the airport by Treasury and Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek (L).
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrived at Esenboga Airport on Monday.
She was welcomed by Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism, Mehmet Nuri Ersoy.
Slovenian Foreign Minister Tone Kajzer has arrived at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, where the main sessions of the NATO Summit are scheduled to take place today.
Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi is welcomed by the officials at the Esenboga Airport on Tuesday.
Icelandic Prime Minister Kristrun Frostadottir accepts the flowers from the welcome committee on Monday.
Upon his arrival in Ankara early on Tuesday morning, Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics (L) is met at the airport by Vedat Isikhan (R), the Turkish minister of labor and social security.
Danish Defense Minister Jeppe Bruus Christensen arrives at the Esenboga Airport late at night on Monday. He was welcomed by the officials.
U.S. President Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni are expected to arrive in Ankara soon.
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