Türkiye's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya and MIT Director İbrahim Kalin met with their counterparts in a trilateral format on 12 September 2024 in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, according to the Turkish Foreign Ministry, Paralel.Az's Türkiye correspondent reports.

Turkish Ministry noted that during the meetings, which were held for the first time in this format, bilateral and multilateral cooperation issues were discussed.

In addition to regional issues, ways to jointly fight against terrorism and extremism, irregular migration and smuggling were discussed.

"As a result of the talks, a roadmap for the institutionalization and systematic continuation of concrete cooperation between the two countries was agreed upon and signed by the participants," the Ministry stated.