On the morning of June 14, 2019, a delegation composed of experts from several Turkish think-tanks paid a visit to the Institute of West-Asian and African Studies (IWAAS). Members of the delegation carried out exchanges with scholars from IWAAS on issues including the current situation in the Middle East, Iran nuclear issue, US’s Middle Eastern policies, the situation in the Gulf, and China-US relations.
The delegation was headed by Dr. Hakkı Uygur, Acting President of the Center for Iranian Studies, and its members came from the Center for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies, the Diplomacy Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Center for Iranian Studies, TRT World, Ankara University and Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University. Professor Tang Zhichao presided over the meeting, at which Professor Wei Min, Professor Yu Guoqing, Associate Professor Wang Feng, Associate Professor Liu Dong, Associate Professor Chen Mo, Associate Professor Wang Jinyan, Dr. Jiang Yingmei and Dr. Zhang Bo were present.