Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Director for EU Affairs Ambassador Faruk Kaymakcı paid an official visit to Brussels

Paying an official visit to Brussels Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Director for EU Affairs Ambassador Faruk Kaymakcı attended the 79th Türkiye-EU Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) Meeting and held a string of meetings with high level EU Officials between 16-18 March 2022.

On the first day of the Brussels programme, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Director for EU Affairs Ambassador Faruk Kaymakcı held meetings with Oliver Varhelyi, EU Commission Neighborhood and Enlargement Commissioner, Mariya Gabriel, EU Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth and Nacho Sanchez Amor, the European Parliament Türkiye Rapporteur.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Director for EU Affairs Ambassador Faruk Kaymakcı also came together with Ylva Johansson and European Commissioner for Home Affairs, Simon Mordue, Chief Foreign Policy Advisor to the President of the European Council Charles Michel, Themis Christophidou, European Commission Director-General for Education, Youth, Sports and Culture, Charles Fries, Deputy Secretary-General in charge of the Common Security and Defence Policy and Crisis Response,

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On the last day of the programme Deputy Minister Ambassador Kaymakcı came together with Marie Arena, European Parliament Subcommittee on Human Rights Chair and Fernando Andresen Guimaraes, Diplomatic Advisor in the cabinet of President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen.