Turkish Deputy PM Bozdağ meets ministers of seven countries in Dhaka

DHAKA

Turkey’s deputy prime minister on May 5 met ministers of seven countries on the sidelines of the 45th Session of Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, state-run Anadolu Agency reported.

Accompanied by Turkish Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Ümit Yalçın and Turkey’s ambassador to Dhaka Devrim Öztürk, Bekir Bozdağ met his Turkish Cypriot counterpart and Foreign Minister Vecdet Özersay.

Bozdağ also met Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Foreign Minister Abul Hasan Mahmood Ali.

Moving on to the Turkic Council Foreign Ministers meeting, Bozdağ met Kazakh and Azerbaijani foreign ministers Kairat Abdrakhmanov and Elmar Memmedyarov, and Kyrgyz Deputy Foreign Minister Aybek Omokev.

Bozdağ later held meetings with Kosovo’s Foreign Minister Behgjet Pacolli, Somali Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ahmed Isse Awad and Uzbek Deputy Foreign Minister Abduvohidov Abdujabar.