What Turkey’s upgrade to Asean dialogue partner status means
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan calls the development ‘of utmost importance’ in its relationship with Asia-Pacific countries.
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Turkey’s ascension to Asean dialogue partner marks the west Asian country’s bid to position itself as a middle power, according to analysts.
The upgrade on July 21 breaks an Association of Southeast Asian Nations moratorium in place since the UK’s admission in 2021.
Turkey joins the US, China, Russia, Britain, Australia, Japan and South Korea.
In a social media post on the same day, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Ankara had increased its cooperation with Asean members and raised trade volume from US$6.5 billion to US$16 billion since “laying the foundation of our institutional relations with Asean in 2010”.
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