In its third edition, the Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF) brought together the heads of state, ministers, policymakers, business leaders, diplomats, bureaucrats, academics, high-ranking military officers, think tankers, journalists, opinion leaders, youth and global observers to discuss the issues adversely affecting humanity under the broad theme of ‘Advancing Diplomacy in Times of Turmoil.
During the three-day diplomacy marathon in the coastal city of Antalya, conflicts between Palestine and Israel and Ukraine and Russia dominated discussions at the leaders’ talks, panel discussions and round table talks. Talks also explored innovative alternative solutions on a broader scale to the multiple global issues arising from armed conflicts, acts of terrorism, irregular migration, racism, xenophobia, climate change, artificial intelligence, natural disasters and socioeconomic disparities.
In a keynote speech, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Trkiye outlined the factors that are negatively affecting global peace,
prosperity and security, highlighting the very urgent need for collective and cooperative efforts to overcome them.
Regarding the bloodshed in Gaza, President Erdogan said: “As a result of Israel’s deliberate attacks targeting civilian settlements, up to now, more than 30,000 Gazans, mostly children and women, have been martyred. Over 70,000 Palestinians have been injured, and approximately 2 million people have been forced to flee their homes. I want to express a very clear and unequivocal point here: not only were children, women and civilians ruthlessly slaughtered in Gaza, but also the faith of billions of people in the international system, justice and law was destroyed. When it comes to Israel, we have all seen together how helpless and dysfunctional the structures that have been cited to us as examples for years, urging us to trust and rely on them, such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the United Nations Security Council, which is tasked with ensuring global peace, the European Union and
international press organizations advocating impartiality.”
The ADF also hosted a multilateral MIKTA meeting, where delegations from Mexico, Indonesia, Korea, Trkiye and Australia came together to further explore potential areas of cooperation in the field of Development Cooperation. The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), with its counterparts, will play a pivotal role in the mutual development cooperation process.
Source: Oman News Agency