Antalya Diplomacy Forum

The Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF) is an annual conference on international diplomacy that has been held in Antalya, Turkey since 2021.[1] During the forum, ideas and views on diplomacy, policy and business are exchanged by policy makers, diplomats and academics.[2]

Antalya Diplomacy Forum
Formation2020
TypePanel forum
Legal statusNon-profit foundation
PurposeDiplomacy
Location
Region served
Worldwide
MethodsHost conferences and meetings
Official language
English
Websiteantalyadf.org

The meeting brings together some 3,000 participants for up to three days to discuss global issues across several sessions.[3]

History

The Antalya Diplomacy Forum was founded by the Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and is aimed at heads of state and government, foreign ministers and high-ranking representatives of the international organization as well as representatives from business, science, civil society and the media.[4]

The first meeting was originally planned to be held on March 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]

On 10 March 2022, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu met for the first high-level talks since the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine in Antalya Diplomacy Forum within the framework of Russia–Ukraine peace negotiations.[6]

Purpose

At this forum, under the theme of "Recoding Diplomacy", senior politicians, diplomats, military and security experts from up to 75 countries participate to discuss the current issues in diplomacy and energy policies.

The intention of the conference is to address the topical main global issues and to debate and analyze the challenges in the present and the future in line with the concept of networked security. A focal point of the conference is the discussion and the exchange of views on the development of the transatlantic relations as well as European and global security in the 21st century.[7]

The conference is organized privately and therefore not an official government event. It is used exclusively for discussion; an authorization for binding intergovernmental decisions does not exist. Furthermore, there is – contrary to usual conventions – no common final communiqué. The high-level meeting is also used to discrete background discussions between the participants. ADF has partnerships with the Atlantic Council, Mexican Council on Foreign Relations, Munich Security Conference and RSIS.

Editions

2021
2021 panel with EU High Representative Borrell, OECD Secretary General Cormann and presidents from Haiti, Kosovo, Kenya and Somalia

The meeting was originally planned to be held on March 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]

A total of 11 heads of state and government, 45 foreign ministers, and attendance at ministerial level were part of the forum, Additionally, the event was attended by about 60 representatives of international organisations and high-level personalities, guests from the business and academic world, and 256 young people in total, including undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students from more than 50 universities.

Two leaders' sessions, 15 panels, 25 side events, including ADF Talks, and two youth forums were organised.

2022
2022 panel with foreign ministers of Austria, Iraq and Lebanon

The 2022 edition of the forum took place on 11–13 March, under the overarching theme of "Recoding Diplomacy". A total of 17 heads of state and government, 80 foreign ministers and 39 representatives of international organisations.[9]

The panels that took place were named as followes[10]

  • Recoding Diplomacy
  • Democratic Governance
  • Leadership and Diplomacy
  • Energy Security
  • AI, Metaverse and all else
  • Fighting Racism and Discrimination
  • A Strategic Autonomy for Europe?
  • Development in Africa
  • Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Cooperation and Competition in the Asia-Pacific
  • Afghanistan
  • Confronting Disinformation
  • Irregular Migration
  • Regional Cooperation in the Middle East
  • Countering Terrorism
  • Empowering Women
  • Resolution of Maritime Disputes
  • Green Economy
  • Climate Change & Energy transition
  • Revisiting Security in Europe

2024

The third edition was originally planned to be held from 10–12 March 2023 with the theme of "Effective Diplomacy for Peace and Order". It was initially postponed to the last quarter of the year due to the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake,[11] and was later postponed to 1–3 March 2024.[12]

See also

References
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  2. "ADF – Antalya Diplomasi Forumu". Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  3. "Oman Participates in first Antalya Diplomacy Forum". Archived from the original on 21 June 2021.
  4. Anas, Omair (31 March 2022). "Antalya Diplomacy Forum: New chapter in Turkiye's foreign relations". Middle East Monitor. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  5. "Irans Außenminister nennt Treffen am Rande des "Antalya Diplomacy Forum" produktiv". Pars Today (in German). 21 June 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  6. Gumrukcu, Tuvan; Toksabay, Ece (10 March 2022). "No progress on Ukraine ceasefire in Lavrov-Kuleba meeting". Reuters. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
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  8. "The Postponement of Antalya Diplomacy Forum". wt.iletisim.gov.tr. Directorate of Communications. 9 March 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  9. Küçüker Sirene, Öznur (13 March 2022). "L'assaut diplomatique de la Turquie | TRT Français". www.trt.net.tr (in French). Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  10. Ahmed, Hassan (23 July 2022). "Antalya Diplomacy Forum". The Diplomatic Insight. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  11. "Antalya Diplomasi Forumu'nun ertelendiği duyuruldu" [Antalya Diplomacy Forum announced to be postponed]. star.com.tr (in Turkish). 16 February 2023. Archived from the original on 17 February 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  12. "Üçüncü Antalya Diplomasi Forumu, 1-3 Mart 2024'te düzenlenecek" [The Third Antalya Diplomacy Forum will be held on 1-3 March 2024]. aa.com.tr (in Turkish). 16 February 2023. Archived from the original on 26 September 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
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