CHP leader Kılıçdaroğlu to visit UK on Dec 5

December 03 2017 14:19:36

CHP leader Kılıçdaroğlu to visit UK on Dec 5

ANKARA

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu is set to visit the United Kingdom on Dec. 5, the party has said in a statement.

According to the statement issued by CHP deputy chair Öztürk Yılmaz, Kılıçdaroğlu will meet U.K. Minister of State for Europe and Americas Sir Alan Duncan and the opposition Labour Party’s leader Jeremy Corbyn in London.

He will discuss Turkey-U.K. bilateral relations, the European Union and the Middle East, as well as regional and international developments, at the meetings.

Kılıçdaroğlu will speak at Chatham House and the Democratic Progress Institute think tanks, and will also meet Turkish and foreign businessmen in London.

The CHP leader will also meet Turkish citizens.

He will be back in Turkey on Dec. 9.

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