On March 17, 2015, Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Deputy Under-secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Űmit Yalçin of Turkey, who came to China to attend the second China-Turkey counter-terrorism consultation at vice foreign ministerial level. Both sides exchanged in-depth views on the China-Turkey relations, counter-terrorism cooperation and other issues.
Wang Yi expressed that the Chinese side attaches importance to the development of relations with Turkey and stands ready to make joint efforts with Turkey to constantly strengthen political mutual trust, take care of each other’s core concerns, earnestly enhance counter-terrorism communication and cooperation, jointly safeguard security and stability of the two countries and the region and open up broader prospect for China-Turkey practical cooperation in various fields.
Űmit Yalçin expressed that recently Turkey and China have frequent exchanges in various fields and close communication and cooperation in politics, economy, security, energy, tourism and other fields, and keep good communication in international and regional affairs. The Turkish side understands China’s concern for counter-terrorism, and is willing to adopt the counter-terrorism consultation mechanism to exchange views on topics of common concern and promote the bilateral practical cooperation in counter-terrorism.