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Hurriyet Daily News (19 January 2026)

Türkiye and Uzbekistan will hold the fourth round of their Joint Strategic Planning Group in the Turkish capital Ankara, with the participation of their foreign, defense and interior ministers, as well as intelligence chiefs, aiming to expand cooperation in economic relations, connectivity, energy, and the defense sector.

According to diplomatic sources, the strategic planning group will meet in Ankara on Jan. 20 with the participation of Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Defense Minister Yaşar Güler, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya and National Intelligence Organization (MIT) President İbrahim Kalın and their Uzbek counterparts.

The sources recalled that the Joint Strategic Planning Group was upgraded to a 4+4 model with the addition of both countries' defense ministers, making the Ankara meeting the inaugural session in this expanded format.

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