The 36th NATO Summit of Heads of State and Government is taking place in Ankara, hosted by Türkiye. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on the sidelines of the summit at the Presidential Complex.
The meeting, held behind closed doors on Wednesday, was also attended by Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Defense Minister Yaşar Güler, AK Party Deputy Chairman and Spokesperson Ömer Çelik, National Intelligence Organization (MİT) Director İbrahim Kalın, Presidential Communications Director Burhaneddin Duran, and the President's Chief Advisor on Foreign Policy and Security Akif Çağatay Kılıç.
At the end of the meeting, President Erdoğan and Prime Minister Starmer signed various bilateral agreements aimed at enhancing cooperation between the two countries.
This is the second time Türkiye has hosted a NATO summit, following the one held in Istanbul in 2004. The meeting in Ankara holds particular significance due to the challenges facing the alliance and global security.