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Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will visit the United Arab Emirates on Monday for talks on bilateral relations and regional developments, according to Turkish Foreign Ministry sources.
Fidan is expected to review preparations for the second meeting of the Türkiye-UAE High-Level Strategic Council during his visit. He will also reaffirm Türkiye’s solidarity with the UAE, which has been among the countries most affected by the war in the Gulf.
Regional security and navigation
The Turkish minister is expected to argue that external interventions have prolonged disputes in the region and underline the need to strengthen regional ownership of efforts to resolve them.
Fidan will stress the importance of maintaining freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb for regional and global stability. He is also expected to emphasize that a unified Yemen at peace and stability is essential to the security of the Middle East.
Gaza and ceasefire efforts
Discussions are also expected to cover the need to move swiftly to the second phase of the Gaza peace plan, improve humanitarian conditions and begin reconstruction efforts.
In this context, Fidan is set to consult on the work of the Board of Peace, of which Türkiye and the UAE are founding members. He is also expected to call for a firm and unified international position to preserve and make permanent the ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon amid attacks by “occupying Israel”.
Fidan last visited the UAE on March 20.
Türkiye-UAE economic ties
Türkiye and the UAE have maintained a strategic partnership since 2023. The first leaders-level meeting of the High-Level Strategic Council took place in Ankara on July 16, 2025.
The UAE is the Gulf country with the largest investments in Türkiye and Türkiye’s biggest trading partner in the Gulf. Bilateral trade reached $19.346 billion in 2025.
