Signing of the Defense Cooperation Roadmap between Turkey and France
The Turkish Ministry of National Defense announced that within the framework of military cooperation activities between Turkey and France, the “Defense Cooperation Roadmap” was signed.
According to the announcement by the Turkish Ministry of National Defense, Lieutenant General İlkay Altındağ, Director General of Defense and Security of the Ministry, during his visits in France, met and held talks with Alice Rufo, Minister Delegate for Defense Affairs of France, General Vincent Giraud, Head of the Special Military Office of the President of France, and Guillaume Ollagnier, Director General for International Relations and Strategy of the country.
In these meetings, bilateral defense and military relations, strategic dialogue, and opportunities for developing existing cooperation were discussed and reviewed, and emphasis was placed on the importance of continuing regular and result-oriented contacts.
In this regard, with the signing of the “Defense Cooperation Roadmap” between the two countries, an important step was taken toward further developing defense cooperation and strengthening strategic dialogue between Turkey and France.
In a statement by the Turkish Ministry of National Defense: “This signing shows that the recent mutual positive messages of the leaders of the two countries have turned into a meaningful and concrete cooperation step in the defense field. The aim of this roadmap is to strengthen strategic dialogue through regular and result-oriented contacts and to advance cooperation based on the mutual interests of the two countries.”
