US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Turkey on Sunday to view relief operations after a massive earthquake.
Blinken will visit the Incirlik air base, through which aid is flowing, and then hold talks with senior Turkish officials in the capital Ankara, the US State Department announced. “Secretary Blinken will visit Incirlik Air Base in Turkiye on 19 February to see firsthand US efforts to assist the Turkish authorities responding to the devastation caused by the 6 February earthquakes,” read the statement of US State Department spokesperson Ned Price.
He also informed that Blinken will then travel to Ankara, where he will meet with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and other senior Turkish officials “to discuss continued US support to Turkiye and the Turkish people after the devastating earthquakes, as well as ways to further strengthen our partnership with Turkiye as a valued NATO Ally.”
Notably, Blinken will travel to Germany, Turkiye, and Greece February 16-22, 2023. On February 16, he will travel to Germany to attend the Munich Security Conference, where he will participate in a series of bilateral and multilateral meetings.
