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EUMETSAT Director-General Alain Ratier met with two Ministers from the Government of Türkiye during a visit to Ankara today.

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13 October 2022

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18 April 2019

EUMETSAT Director-General Alain Ratier met with two Ministers from the Government of Türkiye during a visit to Ankara today.

The visit took place at the invitation of the head of EUMETSAT’s Türkiye delegation Volkan Mutlu Coşkun, Director-General of the Turkish State Meteorological Service, who accompanied Ratier during his stay.

Ratier met with Minister for Agriculture and Forestry Dr Bekir Pakdemirli and Minister for Industry and Technology Mustafa Varank this morning.

The Director-General spoke with the Ministers about EUMETSAT and its missions, both current and future satellite programmes.

Discussions with Dr Pakdemirli focused on the socio-economic benefits, estimated at €2.6 billion per year, that weather forecasts bring to Turkish citizens and the country’s economy, and the contribution of EUMETSAT data to this.

Türkiye has been a Member State of EUMETSAT since 1986.

While in Ankara, Ratier also visited the TUBITAK Space Technologies Research Institute, the WMO Regional Training Centre, and the Turkish State Meteorological Services facilities.

EUMETSAT’s Director-General Alain Ratier and Head of EUMETSAT's LEO Programme Manager Gökhan Kayal meet Türkiye’s Minister for Agriculture and Forestry Dr Bekir Pakdemirli and Director-General of the Turkish State Meteorological Service Volkan Mutlu Coşkun in Ankara on Thursday 18 April, 2019

EUMETSAT Director-General Alain Ratier (second from left) tours the Turkish State Meteorological Service during a visit to Ankara on Thursday 18 April, 2019

Pictured in top image: Türkiye’s Minister for Industry and Technology Mustafa Varank (left) speaks with EUMETSAT Director-General Alain Ratier