From March 18 to 19, 2025, Vice Foreign Minister Chen Xiaodong visited Türkiye, during which he met with Türkiye's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and held talks with Türkiye's Deputy Foreign Ministers A. Berris Ekinci and Nuh Yılmaz, respectively.
Chen Xiaodong said that under the strategic guidance of President Xi Jinping and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, China-Türkiye relations have continued to develop steadily. China is ready to work with Türkiye to fully implement the important common understandings reached between the two heads of state, maintain high-level exchanges, consolidate political mutual trust, deepen practical cooperation, strengthen international coordination, and push bilateral relations to a new level.
The Turkish side stated that it attaches great importance to developing relations with China, firmly abides by the one-China principle, and does not allow any forces to engage in activities that undermine China's sovereignty, security and territorial integrity on Türkiye's territory. The Turkish side is willing to work with the Chinese side through bilateral mechanisms including the intergovernmental cooperation committee to synergize Türkiye's "Middle Corridor" initiative with the Belt and Road Initiative, deepen practical cooperation in various fields such as trade, investment, tourism and agriculture, and achieve greater development in bilateral relations.
The two sides also had an in-depth exchange of views on issues of common interest and concern, such as the Palestinian-Israeli issue, the Ukraine crisis and the situation in Syria.