Sunday February 20, 2022
Turkiye's defense chief met with
his German counterpart and Somalia's foreign minister on the sidelines
of the annual Munich Security Conference in the German city on Saturday.
National
Defense Minister Hulusi Akar and Christine Lambrecht discussed
bilateral, regional, and global issues, as well as the defense industry
and military training and cooperation, said a ministry statement.During
the meeting, Akar stressed the historical and cultural ties between
Turkiye and Germany, adding that Ankara expects Berlin to take concrete
steps on defense industry export restrictions, the statement added.
Akar
also pointed to cooperation in the fight against the Fetullah Terrorist
Organization (FETO), the group behind the defeated 2016 coup in
Turkiye, it added.
FETO and its
US-based leader Fetullah Gulen orchestrated the defeated coup of July
15, 2016 in Turkiye, which left 251 people killed and 2,734 injured.
Ankara
accuses FETO of being behind a long-running campaign to overthrow the
state through the infiltration of Turkish institutions, particularly the
military, police, and judiciary.
Akar
also met with Somalia's Abdisaid Muse Ali as part of the security
conference, a separate statement said, adding that the two officials
discussed developments in bilateral and regional issues, as well as
defense and security.