Türkiye followed with envy as center of peace, trust, stability in its region: Defense chief

By Talha Ozturk

BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) - Türkiye is followed with envy as the center of peace, trust and stability in its region, National Defense Minister Yasar Guler said Thursday.

"Türkiye is a country at the center of regional and global developments due to its geopolitical location. Our country, which has made significant breakthroughs in the military and diplomatic fields in recent years with the strategic foresight of our president, has begun to assume a playmaking role in its region and the world, further strengthening its international position," Guler said while visiting Turkish troops in the European Union Peacekeeping Mission (EUFOR) in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo.

"Türkiye has become an indispensable part of negotiation tables and security architecture with its solution proposals in critical regions and geographies and its contributions to peace and stability," he said.

Guler said Türkiye attaches great importance to the preservation of peace, security and stability in the Balkans.

"We are in close cooperation with Bosnia and Herzegovina, with whom we have deep-rooted ties of friendship and brotherhood and which is one of our important partners in the Balkans," he said.

Guler is on a two-day visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina where he met EUFOR Commander Maj. Gen. Laszlo Sticz and NATO Sarajevo Commander Brig. Gen. Pamela McGaha.