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Add as a preferred source on GoogleTürkiye’s Directorate of Communications said Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz, Industry and Technology Minister Mehmet Fatih Kacır and Communications Director Burhanettin Duran attended.
Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Istanbul on Friday, bringing senior officials from both governments together, Türkiye’s Directorate of Communications said.
Hamidi also serves as Malaysia’s rural and regional development minister. Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz, Industry and Technology Minister Mehmet Fatih Kacır and Communications Director Burhanettin Duran attended, the directorate said.
The countries began a normalization process in late 2021; their land border has been closed since 1993.
Taiwan had planned about 500,000 metric tons of spot LNG purchases in the first half of 2026, MOFA said.
The governments also called for expanded official exchanges and cooperation in mining, security, trade, education and public health.
