Turkish foreign minister holds bilateral meetings at CICA summit in Baku

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan held separate bilateral talks with the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Sri Lanka on October 15, 2026. Daily Sabah reported that the meetings took place on the sidelines of the seventh summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia in Baku, Azerbaijan. [1]

Diplomatic sources cited by Daily Sabah confirmed that Foreign Minister Fidan met with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov during the gathering. Fidan also held a separate discussion with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath. Speaking after the summit, Fidan emphasized that the strategic nature of relations between Turkey and Azerbaijan goes beyond any differences between the two nations. [1]

Fidan has served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Turkey since June 2023. Prior to his current cabinet role, he served as the director of the National Intelligence Organization from March 2010 until June 2023. [2]

Sri Lanka is an island country in South Asia located in the Indian Ocean, where Colombo serves as its executive and judicial capital. Host nation Azerbaijan previously carried out a military offensive in September 2023 in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. [3][4]