“The importance of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum is very important, and to make this clear I can say that it was here that the Foreign Ministers of Ukraine and Russia: Dmytro Kuleba and Sergei Lavrov met for the first time after the outbreak of the war. ” says MEP Ryszard Czarnecki to the wPolityce.pl portal.
The three-day Antalya Diplomacy Forum started yesterday, attended by politicians and diplomats, leaders, parliamentarians and ministers from different parts of the world. The event ends on Sunday March 3.
Turkiye as a playmaker
In Antalya, there are, among others: Polish MEP Ryszard Czarnecki, who informed on social media about his participation in this event. In an interview on our website, the PiS politician summarizes the first two days of the forum.
This forum takes place every year. Its importance is very important, and to make it clear I can say that it was here that the Foreign Ministers of Ukraine and Russia: Dmytro Kuleba and Sergey Lavrov met for the first time after the outbreak of war.
– emphasizes the MEP.
I participate in this forum every year and always give a speech there. This year the forum will be attended by, among others: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, of course Turkish President Recep Erdogan, a number of Prime Ministers and Foreign Ministers from many continents
– says Czarnecki.
In my opinion, it was important to present Turkey as a playmaker when it comes to issues that are important for Eastern Europe. I would like to remind you that officially under the auspices of the UN, although de facto the talks were still conducted by Turkey, an agreement was reached on a maritime grain export corridor.
– emphasizes the politician.
In addition to the Crimean Tatars, there were representatives of the parliaments of Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Finland, the President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and at the same time the Speaker of the Parliament of Tanzania. Representatives of the Greek Parliament, who are also representatives of the Turkish minority, also participated
– Ryszard Czarnecki sums up.
Turkiye, Ukraine and Poland
The PiS member gave a speech on the role of parliaments in supporting peace and development.
I emphasized the importance of parliamentary diplomacy in supporting stability, peace and many other global issues
– Ryszard Czarnecki informed about the X platform.
I appeared on a panel dedicated to parliamentary diplomacy. Two representatives of the Crimean Tatars, people from the Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory, took part. They spoke very clearly about this war, and the Turkish Foreign Minister very clearly posed with them for photos, which showed that Turkey did not abandon the Crimean Tatars, with whom they are linked by history, but also by religion will let. Their speeches were in Turkish
– added.
The Antalya Diplomacy Forum shows that Turkey is using the situation in the European Union to increase its activities on the international stage. Many diplomats and politicians emphasized the high value of Polish-Turkish relations within NATO, but also in terms of bilateral relations, military, political and economic cooperation. The feeling that we are on the flanks of NATO – us on one side, them on the other – is very strong
– summarized the interlocutor from wPolityce.pl.
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Source: wPolityce