Kavakçı, Kılıç appointed as foreign policy board members

ANKARA

Merve Kavakçı, who served as Türkiye’s ambassador to Malaysia, has been appointed as a member of the Foreign Policy Advisory Board of the Foreign Ministry, according to a decree published in the official gazette on Aug. 13.

According to the decree, Ambassador Serdar Kılıç, Türkiye’s special representative for normalization talks with Armenia, was also appointed as a member of the Foreign Policy Advisory Board. Kılıç served as Türikye’s former ambassador to Washington and Tokyo.

Kılıç was appointed as Türkiye’s envoy for the normalization of talks with Armenia, according to a presidential decision published in the Official Gazette on July 1, after Ankara and Armenia decided to launch talks to end decades of hostiles.

Kılıç and Armenian Deputy Parliament Speaker Ruben Rubinyan held four rounds of talks so far, with the latest decision to launch direct air cargo transportation between the two countries and open the land border to third country citizens.