PoliticsNovember 12, 2026

Erdoğan meets Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso in Antalya

Erdoğan with Congolese President Sassou Nguesso — Photo: T.C. Cumhurbaşkanlığı · tccb.gov.tr

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met President Denis Sassou Nguesso of the Republic of the Congo in Antalya on 12 November as part of COP31. Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Justice Minister Akın Gürlek and Agriculture and Forestry Minister İbrahim Yumaklı also attended.

Video: T.C. Cumhurbaşkanlığı · tccb.gov.tr

The Republic of the Congo covers part of the Congo Basin rainforest, the world's second-largest tropical forest after the Amazon and a constant subject of climate talks.

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