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Egyptian foreign minister heads to Istanbul for quadrilateral ministerial meetings
October 22, 2026 at 06:57 PM
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Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty departed for Istanbul Thursday to attend the R4 ministerial meeting and a joint session with the E3 European group.
- Abdelatty departed Thursday for Istanbul to take part in the R4 ministerial mechanism grouping Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey.
- The discussions focus on assessing regional conditions and advancing de-escalation across the Middle East.
- He will also attend a joint ministerial meeting between the R4 states and the European E3 group — France, Germany and the United Kingdom.
- Abdelatty will hold bilateral meetings with senior officials on the margins of the sessions.
- The seven-minister meeting will convene Friday in Istanbul at Ankara's initiative, with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan chairing the talks.
- The agenda covers the Palestinian issue, Yemen developments, navigational freedom in the Strait of Hormuz, and ending the Russia-Ukraine war.



