During the handover ceremony, the new head of Turkish diplomacy made statements in favor of the independence and sovereignty of his nation, while advocating the continuation of the fight against terrorist organizations.

Fidan received congratulations from his international counterparts in the last hours.

Aged 55, the new Türkiye foreign minister comes to the ministry from the National Intelligence Organization, which he headed since 2010.

Previously, he worked in the office of the then Prime Minister, and now President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who revalidated his mandate in the recent elections.

The Turkish leader did not anticipate major changes at the foreign level for his new mandate, but he did speak of new possibilities for alliances with countries in the Middle East and North Africa.

In addition, as a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, negotiations on Sweden’s possible accession to the military bloc are still pending.

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