ANKARA
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu's closed-door meeting with Turkish ambassadors on Thursday mainly covered the developments in Egypt and Syria.
According to the diplomatic sources, the general situation and the latest developments in the Middle East region were handled during 13-hours long meeting with around 40 participants including Turkish ambassadors to United States, Russia, China, Britain, France, United Nations, European Union and NATO along with the ones in the Middle East.
Turkish deputy foreign minister Naci Koru, Undersecretary of the Turkish foreign ministry Feridun Sinirlioglu and Turkish prime minister's chief advisor Ibrahim Kalin also participated in the meeting chaired by Davutoglu.
Turkey's ambassador in Cairo Huseyin Avni Botsali participated the meeting via video-conference, and gave a detailed briefing of the situation in Egypt.
Following the presentations about Syria and other Middle Eastern topics by the related foreign ministry departments, Davutoglu delivered a speech outlining current and future foreign policy principles.
After that all ambassadors shared their evaluations about Egypt, Syria and other regional developments, as well as the reflections of Turkish foreign policy towards the Middle East in the states that they were on duty.
The meeting ended with Davutoglu's speech that summarized how Turkish foreign policy should be shaped in the future.
