NATO Foreign Ministers Meet in Antalya – Cyprus Newspaper

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will host the NATO Foreign Ministers Gayriresmi Meeting (NATO IFMM) in Antalya on May 14-15.

According to the sources of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the meeting, which will be represented by 32 NATO members, will be held in Antalya on May 14-15.

NATO Foreign Ministers enables the exchange of views among the Allied Ministers before NATO summits. Within this framework, the preparations for the “NATO State and Government Heads Summit çalış to be held on 24-25 June will be discussed by the Allied Foreign Ministers at this meeting in Antalya.

Within the scope of the meeting, allied Foreign Ministers, NATO Secretary General and other senior NATO officials are expected to come together at a social event hosted by Minister Fidan tomorrow evening.

The North Atlantic Council, which will be held on the morning of May 15th, is expected to exchange views on the decisions that can be taken at the Hague Summit on the priority issues on the agenda of the alliance.

The future of European security and the efforts to review the burden sharing in transatlantic security will be the priority agenda item of the meeting.

Minister Fidan at the meeting, NATO, which has been the backbone of European-Atlantic security for 76 years, will be more powerful, effective and deterrent, and the importance of not erosing this primary role, the efforts of this direction will be further reinforced by the alliance of alliance and unity of alliance.

Fidan emphasizes that Türkiye’s powerful army is determined to maintain its contribution to European-Atlantic security with its modern military capabilities and advanced defense industry infrastructure and to take more responsibilities, and that it is necessary to participate in the EU’s efforts in the field of defense of the EU, such as Turkey, in terms of its weight and location in the process of European security.

Minister Fidan, at the meeting, the defense expenditures are already determined to invest more in the defense and develop modern abilities of Türkiye, which is above the criterion of NATO’s “Gross Domestic Product (GDP)” criterion, the defense industry cooperation and trade of the defense industry is determined to develop the realization of the obstacles in front of the defense industry.

Fidan’s meeting, with the understanding of “360 degrees security”, as well as the termination of the Russian-Ukraine war, the alliance in the Middle East and the Middle East to draw attention to the necessity of dominating peace and stability and the real solidarity in the fight against terrorism should be exhibited.

Minister Fidan is planned to have bilateral meetings with its counterparts in NATO IFMM margin.

NATO and Türkiye

As a result of the process that started to establish a North Atlantic alliance based on security guarantees and mutual commitments, the Treaty of North Atlantic (Vascan), which founded NATO, was signed on 4 April 1949.

Türkiye, which is currently 32 members, became a member of NATO on February 18, 1952.

NATO’s primary duty in accordance with the Treaty of Vashington is to protect the freedom and security of the member states by political and military methods. NATO symbolizes the indivisibility of the security of the security of North America and Europe.

NATO has been a central role in providing Türkiye’s security since the date of a member of the alliance.

In addition, Türkiye has made significant contributions to the target of integration with its Euro-Atlantic structures.

On the other hand, Türkiye, which realizes the 73th anniversary of its participation in the alliance, contributes to Sustainable NATO mission and operations.

Türkiye is one of the most comprehensive allies that contribute to NATO’s command and force structure. The NATO Land Command (Landcom), which is located in the command structure of the alliance, is located in Türkiye. In addition, NATO is one of the nine black force headquarters in the NATO force structure, the NATO quick-deployable corps headquarters (NRDC-TUR, 3rd Corps Command Headquarters, Istanbul) is provided by Türkiye.

Türkiye has reached its goal within the framework of the defense investment commitment to increase the ratio of defense expenditures to GDP by two percent.