Political interviews
One of the great privileges of working in international news is that you sometimes get the opportunity to interview leaders, politicians and people who shape events around the world.
I've always been interested in the part of journalism that has been referred to as having 'a ringside seat at history' and being able to talk to some of the people involved, to find out what they are thinking and why they are doing what they do.
I've spoken to foreign ministers from Turkey, Ukraine, Iran, Tanzania, the Netherlands, Poland, Hungary, Georgia, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Palestine, Venezuela, Colombia, Azerbaijan, also the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Finnish Defence Minister and the British Trade Minister Kemi Badenoch.
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I was reporting for TRT World from Antalya in Turkiye in 2022 on the peace talks between the Russian and Ukrainian Foreign Ministers and had already built up a relationship with the Ukrainian Embassy in the Turkish capital, Ankara.
We were able to record this interview with the Ukrainian Foreign Minister almost as soon as he had left the meeting with his Russian counterpart.
Interviewing the Iranian Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.
Interviewing the Tanzanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, January Makamba.
Interviewing the UK Business and Trade Minister, Kemi Badenoch.
Interviewing Sefik Dzaferovic, Bosniak member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Interviewing the Dutch Foreign Minister, Wopke Hoekstra.
Interviewing Palestine's Foreign Minister, Riyad al Maliki.
Interviewing the Finnish Defence Minister, Antti Kaikkonen.
Interviewing the Hungarian Foreign Affairs Minister, Peter Szijjarto.
Interviewing the EU Commissioner for Agriculture, Janusz Wojciechowski.
