Speaking at a Global Coalition to Defeat ISIL ministerial meeting in Washington D.C., Nuh Yilmaz «once again emphasized the unique and concrete contributions that Türkiye has made to this fight since the beginning,» according to a statement from the Turkish Foreign Ministry.

He underscored that «the PKK terrorist organization and its extensions have become the most serious destabilizing factor in Syria and Iraq,»  ministry said on X.

On the sidelines of the meeting, Yılmaz met with Hamish Falconer, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan at the U.K. Foreign Office.

During the talks, bilateral relations and regional issues were addressed.

Yılmaz also had a bilateral meeting with Tom Goffus, NATO Deputy Secretary General for Operations and Special Coordinator for Counter-Terrorism.