ISTANBUL

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan held separate meetings on Saturday with his counterparts from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, and North Macedonia in Istanbul as part of the Balkan Peace Platform Foreign Ministers' Meeting.

Hakan Fidan met with Bosnia and Herzegovina's Elmedin Konakovic, Serbia's Marko Duric, Montenegro's Ervin Ibrahimovic, and North Macedonia's Timco Mucunski, according to a statement on the Turkish Foreign Ministry's official account on X.

(Hakan Fidan - Ervin Ibrahimovic meeting in Istanbul)

The meetings were held on the sidelines of the inaugural session of the Balkan Peace Platform, which was launched in Istanbul under Türkiye’s initiative with the participation of several Balkan countries.

The platform aims to strengthen dialogue, mutual trust, and cooperation among regional nations while seeking lasting solutions to common regional challenges.