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Türkiye ve Irak arasında enerji sektöründe işbirliği uzun süredir devam etmektedir. Kalkınma Yolu Projesi, bu iki ülke arasındaki enerji entegrasyonunu derinleştirmeyi amaçlayan bir girişimdir.
Enerji ve Tabii Kaynaklar Bakanı Alparslan Bayraktar, ABD'nin New York kentinde temaslarını sürdürüyor. Bakan Bayraktar, New York temasları kapsamında Cumhurbaşkanı Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’ın Irak Başbakanı Ali ez-Zeydi ile gerçekleştirdiği görüşmeye katıldı. Sanal medya hesabından görüşmeye ilişkin paylaşımda bulunan Bakan Bayraktar, Kalkınma Yolu Projesi kapsamında hayata geçirilmesi hedeflenen elektrik enterkonneksiyonları, doğal gaz ve petrol boru hatlarıyla Irak’ın ve bölgenin enerji arz güvenliğine katkı sağlamayı amaçladıklarını belirtti.
İki ülke arasındaki enerji yatırımları ve stratejik ortaklığa değinen Bayraktar, “Ülkelerimizin enerji altyapılarını birbirine bağlayacak bu yatırımlarla karşılıklı ticareti geliştirmek, enerji kaynaklarının uluslararası pazarlara erişimini güçlendirmek ve Türkiye-Irak ortaklığını bölgesel refahı destekleyen somut projelerle ileri taşımak için kararlılıkla çalışacağız” ifadelerini kullandı.

The Presidency announced that Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan during his diplomatic contacts within the scope of the 81st UN General Assembly in New York.

NEW Party Deputy Deniz Yavuzyılmaz claimed that the arrests in the fund investigation in the capital markets were an illusion by the AKP. Yavuzyılmaz said that he knew the political connections of those arrested and claimed that they would be released after the elections and that the bureaucrats were under secret blackmail. It also demanded the dismissal of the CMB, Central Registry Agency and Takasbank boards of directors and a five-year financial and ownership review.

At the Türkiye-USA Business Council meeting, President Erdoğan listed the four basic components of the economic program and stated that they were price stability, fiscal discipline, sustainable external balance and structural transformation. He predicted that inflation could be around 20% by the end of 2026, but will finish around 28% due to current conditions. Emphasizing the strategic cooperation with the USA, he said that the USA has come first as an LNG supplier and that he aims to expand cooperation in the energy, aviation and nuclear sectors. It was also stated that energy routes were redrawn, the middle corridor and the Development Path intersected in Türkiye, the defense industry was able to produce at NATO standards and investment packages were implemented.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, after his meeting with President Erdoğan in New York, announced that he supports holding a tripartite meeting at the leadership level in Türkiye to end the Russia-Ukraine War. Zelenskiy stated that Erdogan was ready to host the meeting and emphasized that Türkiye-Ukraine relations are good. He also reminded that the free trade agreement between the two countries was approved in the Ukrainian Parliament and said that it was decided to increase the trade volume from 1 billion dollars to 10 billion dollars. It was stated that Black Sea security and food security issues were also discussed during the meeting.

AKP's bill aiming to declare the March 21 Nevruz Holiday as a public holiday has been prepared and will be submitted to the approval of the MPs in October, when the new legislative year of the Turkish Grand National Assembly will begin. If enacted, the new holiday application will be valid as of March 21, 2027 and the total official leave period will increase to 16.5 days.
President Erdoğan, speaking at the UN Climate Event as part of his participation in the United Nations General Assembly in New York, stated that it was the hottest period of the last year, stated that the Nepal flood disaster was painfully visible, and emphasized that climate targets should be compatible with social and economic realities.