Davutoğlu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, made a acting visit to France upon the invitation of Laurent Fabius, Minister of Foreign Affairs of France.
Talking at the joint press conference abiding by the coming together at the French Foreign Ministry, Foreign Minister Davutoğlu stated that Turkish-French diplomatical relations play great importance in conditions of the world diplomacy history. In spite of the actual divergences, Davutoğlu cited that Turkey and France decided to work based on a joint visual sense, but not on domestic political concerns. He expressed that Turkey uprose the measurements against France and a new era started in the bilateral relations. Remarking that Turkey and France take aim at increasing the bilateral trade volume up to fifteen billion Dollars, Davutoğlu emphasized that the important projects in transportation, energy and tourism areas could be built up. He also stated that Turkish General Consulates in Bordeaux and Nantes would be inaugurated in a very short time.
But then, French Foreign Minister Fabius emphasised the will of France to promote development of the relations between Turkey and the European Union. He also told Turkey, an friend of France is an crucial actor and an factor of constancy in such an unstable region.
As part of his visit, Davutoğlu also gave a speech titled “Turkish-French Relations in an Evolving International and Regional Environment” at French Institute of International Relations (IFRI).
This visit constitutes reciprocation to visits of the former Ministers of Foreign Affairs of France, H.E. Bernard Kouchner and H.E. Alain Juppé on 11-12 October 2010 and 17-19 November 2011, severally. On this occasion, all aspects of bilateral relations between Turkey and France were talked over with an approach to allow for a new understanding to these relations and aspects on territorial/international issues were interchanged.
