His Highness The Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and HE Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of the Republic of Türkiye, signed the mutual defence agreement between the State of Qatar and the Republic of Türkiye at Dolmabahçe Palace in Istanbul this evening.
HH The Amir and HE the Turkish President also witnessed the exchange of a number of agreements and memoranda of understanding between the two countries.
These included a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in consumer protection and market monitoring between the governments of the two countries, an agreement on cooperation in the field of education between the two governments, and a memorandum of understanding between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye on cooperation in the fields of peace, reconciliation and conflict resolution.
HH The Amir and HE the Turkish President also witnessed the exchange of the joint statement of the 12th session of the Supreme Strategic Committee between the two countries.
The ceremony was attended by HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs; HE Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Affairs; HE Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Khulaifi, Chief of the Amiri Diwan; HE Ali bin Ahmed Al Kuwari, Minister of Finance; HE Sheikh Faisal bin Thani Al Thani, Minister of Commerce and Industry; and Their Excellencies members of the official delegation accompanying HH The Amir.
Also in attendance from the Turkish side were HE Hakan Fidan, Minister of Foreign Affairs; HE Mehmet Şimşek, Minister of Treasury and Finance; HE Yaşar Güler, Minister of National Defence; HE Mehmet Fatih Kacır, Minister of Industry and Technology; HE Dr. Ömer Bolat, Minister of Trade; and a number of Their Excellencies ministers and senior officials.