China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi Visits Türkiye After BRICS Meetings

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (L) meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Image: Murat Cetin Muhurdar / AFP

China’s newly-returned Foreign Minister Wang Yi followed his recent trip to BRICS meetings in South Africa with a stopover in potential future BRICS member Türkiye. Wang met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan.

They didn’t hold press briefings, but the conversation reportedly touched on mutual investments, possible collaboration on nuclear energy, the Ukraine war, and new developments in Middle Eastern politics.

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