Türkiye’s Defence Minister Hulusi Akar arrived at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday and held talks with several of his counterparts as well as the alliance’s secretary-general.

Akar and Jens Stoltenberg discussed the hot topics on NATO’s agenda and exchanged views on Russia’s war on Ukraine.

The Turkish defence minister also met with his Georgian counterpart Juansher Burchuladze ahead of the NATO meeting.

The two defence chiefs discussed bilateral cooperation and exchanged ideas on regional security in the Caucasus and the Black Sea.