Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and US counterpart Marco Rubio discussed Syria, Gaza, and the Ukraine-Russia conflict, as well as bilateral issues during their first in-person meeting in Munich, a Turkish foreign ministry source said, Reuters reports.

Fidan told Rubio about Turkiye’s views on measures that regional countries in the Middle East can take against Islamic State, the source said, adding he had also called for the ceasefire in Gaza to be made permanent.