Niger and Turkey agreed to bolster bilateral cooperation in a range of fields including energy and defense after Nigerien junta leader Abdourahmane Tchiani welcomed a high-profile Turkish delegation, including Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Defense Minister Yasar Guler and director of Turkey's National Intelligence Organization Ibrahim Kalin, Reuters reported on July 18. According to Bloomberg, Ankara is seeking to secure uranium supplies for its Mediterranean Akkuyu nuclear power plant, as well as two other planned nuclear facilities, but Turkish officials denied these reports.