Türkiye’s deputy foreign minister meets NEPAD chief at COP31 in Antalya

Türkiye’s Deputy Foreign Minister Ambassador Musa Kulaklıkaya met Nardos Bekele-Thomas, executive director of the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), and Berik Arın, director-general of the Islamic Organization for Food Security, on the sidelines of the 31st session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP31) in the Turkish city of Antalya.

Türkiye’s Foreign Ministry announced the two meetings through its official account, while the Turkish Embassy in Pretoria reposted the announcement in English. AUDA-NEPAD is headquartered in Midrand, South Africa.

Kulaklıkaya during his meeting with Berik Arın, director-general of the Islamic Organization for Food Security, in Antalya

The African Union’s development agency

AUDA-NEPAD is the African Union’s development agency and is responsible for coordinating and implementing priority projects across the continent. The Islamic Organization for Food Security, headquartered in the Kazakh capital Astana, is a specialized institution of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation that works in agriculture and food security.

The two meetings were part of a series of engagements by Turkish officials with representatives of countries and international organizations on the sidelines of the conference, which Türkiye is hosting from 9 to 20 November.

Photos: Türkiye’s Foreign Ministry