Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan on Monday met with Bulgarian President Rumen Radev as part of the 36th NATO Heads of State and Government Summit hosted by T\u00fcrkiye at the Presidential Complex in Ankara. The meeting, which was held behind closed doors, marked the start of Erdo\u011fan’s bilateral engagements during the summit. Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar, Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uralo\u011flu, Justice and Development Party Deputy Chairman and Spokesperson \u00d6mer \u00c7elik, and Communications Director Burhanettin Duran also attended.<\/p>\n
Bilateral cooperation<\/p>\n
T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s Communications Directorate stated that Erdo\u011fan and Radev discussed bilateral relations as well as regional and global developments. During the meeting, Erdo\u011fan said relations between T\u00fcrkiye and Bulgaria are advancing in a multidimensional manner and that the two countries are working to develop cooperation in many areas, particularly trade, transportation, the defence industry, and energy. Erdo\u011fan said the Turkish community in Bulgaria strengthens the bond between the two countries, adding that Ankara welcomes Sofia\u2019s sensitivity on the matter. He also invited Radev to the COP31 Leaders Summit in T\u00fcrkiye.<\/p>\n
Strategic significance<\/p>\n
The meeting underscores the importance of T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s relations with its Balkan neighbours, particularly Bulgaria, which is a key NATO ally on the Black Sea. The two countries cooperate on energy projects, including natural gas transmission, and have been working to modernise border crossings and transport links. Erdo\u011fan\u2019s invitation to COP31 reflects T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s growing role in global climate diplomacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan on Monday met with Bulgarian President Rumen Radev as part of the 36th…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25509,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[6278,74,281,59,9363,58,10],"class_list":["post-25508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-recep-tayyip-erdogan","tag-bulgaria","tag-erdogan","tag-nato","tag-president-of-turkiye","tag-radev","tag-recep-tayyip-erdogan","tag-turkiye"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/turkiye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/turkiye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/turkiye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/turkiye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/turkiye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/turkiye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/turkiye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/turkiye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/turkiye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/turkiye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}