ISTANBUL: Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will pay a two-day visit to Laos on Friday to attend the Trkiye-ASEAN Sectoral Dialogue Partnership Sixth Trilateral Meeting in the capital Vientiane, the Foreign Ministry in Ankara said on Thursday. "Minister Fidan will visit Vientiane on 26-27 July 2024 to participate in the Trkiye-ASEAN Sectoral Dialogue Partnership Sixth Trilateral Meeting to be held on the margins of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers 57th Meeting," the ministry said in a statement. Fidan is also expected to have several bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the event. In July last year, the foreign minister attended the 5th ASEAN-Trkiye Sectoral Dialogue Partnership Meeting in Indonesia. Trkiye established institutional relations and signed the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation, one of ASEAN's founding documents, in 2010, before becoming a sectoral dialogue partner in 2017. Earlier on Thursday, the 57th Meeting of ASEAN Foreign Ministers began in Vientiane. According to a brief statement rele ased by the 10-member bloc on X, top diplomats reaffirmed their commitment to supporting Laos' theme for this year's activities, "ASEAN: Enhancing Connectivity and Resilience." The ASEAN will also hold bilateral meetings, at the bloc level, with China, the US, Russia as well as India. Source: Anadolu Agency