As part of diplomatic engagements in New York, Deputy Foreign Minister Ambassador Berris Ekinci attended a briefing on COP31 operations and logistics.
Ekinci met with Dato Ahmad Faisal, Malaysia’s deputy secretary-general responsible for multilateral relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ekinci also met with Carl Skau, Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme, and attended an event organized by the United Arab Emirates titled “Water: A Strategic Imperative from Global Challenges to Joint Action.”
On the margins of the 81st UN General Assembly, Ekinci also met Fahad bin Abdulrahman Balghunaim, head of the founding team of the Global Water Organization (GWO).

Deputy Foreign Minister Ambassador Levent Gümrükçü took part in an informal meeting of foreign ministers from the Southeast European Cooperation Process.
Gümrükçü also attended the High-Level Meeting of the Group of Friends of the Alliance of Civilizations, an initiative co-sponsored by Türkiye, held on the margins of the 81st UN General Assembly.

Ekinci and Gümrükçü continued their diplomatic engagements in New York on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly.