[Wang Yi Meets with Turkish Foreign Minister Fedan] October 16th, according to the official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on October 15, 2026 local time, Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, met with Turkish Foreign Minister Fedan on the sidelines of the CICA Summit in Baku. Wang Yi said that China and Turkey have traditional friendship and deepening strategic cooperation between the two countries is in the interest of both countries and their peoples and will also contribute to the recovery of the world economy. China has always attached great importance to China-Turkey relations and is willing to take the 55th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries as an opportunity to work with Turkey to implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state and promote China-Turkmen strategic cooperation to a new level. Wang Yi said that China appreciates Turkey's repeated emphasis on China's security concerns and its efforts to curb terrorist acts that endanger China's national security. It hopes that Turkey will continue to understand and support China's position on issues involving China's core interests, safeguard the common interests of China and Turkey, and consolidate the political foundation of bilateral relations. Wang Yi said that China supports Turkey in hosting the 31st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, appreciates Turkey's efforts in addressing climate change, and is willing to deepen cooperation with Turkey in this field. In the next stage, both sides should coordinate the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" initiative and the "Middle Corridor" plan, create a good environment for two-way investment, and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results. Fedan said that with the joint promotion of both parties, Turkey-China relations have maintained development, and the two countries have joined hands to cope with various global challenges. Turkey attaches great importance to its relations with China and hopes to accelerate high-level exchanges between the two countries in the next stage. Turkey-China economic and trade relations have good prospects for development. Turkey welcomes Chinese companies to invest in Turkey and more Chinese tourists to visit Turkey to achieve more balanced development in bilateral cooperation in various fields. Turkey understands China's concerns in combating extremist terrorism, will adhere to the one-China principle, abide by its commitments to China, and will never allow Turkey's territory to be used to do things that endanger China's security. The two sides also exchanged views on the current situation in the Middle East, the Ukraine crisis and other international and regional hotspot issues.