Mevlut Cavusoglu, Turkey’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, visited India from 18-20 August, 2016 at the invitation of Indian Minister of External Affairs, Sushma Swaraj. This is the latest of several high-level visits – Prime Minister Narendra Modi had visited Turkey in November 2015 to attend the G-20 Summit, while Swaraj herself was last in Turkey in January 2015.
Discussions covered bilateral issues as well as global and regional issues of mutual interest. According to the Ministry of External Affairs, the the respective delegations finalised a roadmap for cooperation between the two countries in a wide variety of fields in the coming years.
Alongside talks with Swaraj, Foreign Minister Cavusoglu called on Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari.