Turkey’s foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, hosts a meeting in Istanbul on Friday bringing together counterparts from Egypt, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Britain, France and Germany. A Turkish diplomatic or foreign ministry source says the format is meeting in this configuration for the first time, at Turkey’s initiative. The talks focus on regional conflicts.
Across reports, the context is tied to wider security concerns, with some outlets highlighting the risk that conflicts involving Iran and Yemen, and the Russia-Ukraine war, pose to regional stability and shipping routes. One outlet frames the agenda explicitly around both regional conflicts and the Russia-Ukraine war, while others describe it more generally as regional tensions affecting security.
Outlets also differ slightly in how they describe the meeting structure. One report notes the meeting as a combined format involving European and Middle Eastern groupings, while others describe it simply as a seven-country gathering.
