Türkiye's Deputy Foreign Minister Ambassador Musa Kulaklıkaya held a series of meetings with Gulf and UN officials on the sidelines of the 22nd Manama Dialogue, organized by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in the Bahraini capital, the Turkish Foreign Ministry announced.
Meeting with Qatari and Saudi officials
Kulaklıkaya met Qatar's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi and Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister Waleed bin Abdulkarim Al-Khuraiji.
Yemen and development in the Arab region
The Turkish official also met UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg, who leads UN efforts to reach a political settlement in Yemen.

Kulaklıkaya also met Abdullah Al-Dardari, the UN assistant secretary-general and director of the Regional Bureau for Arab States at the United Nations Development Programme.

The Manama Dialogue has been held annually since 2004 under the organization of the International Institute for Strategic Studies. It brings together ministers, military leaders and experts to discuss security issues in the Middle East, and this year's session runs from October 30 to November 1, 2026.