Dhaka, Ankara to work together

Dhaka and Ankara have agreed that foreign ministries of the two countries would work together for a bilateral visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Bangladesh within this year.

This was revealed at a bilateral meeting between Bangladesh foreign minister Dr AK Abdul Momen and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu on the sideline of Antalya Diplomacy Forum in Turkey on Saturday, a foreign ministry press release said.

During the meeting, Dr Momen discussed the issue of Rohingya crisis in details while Turkish foreign minister assured to continue his government’s support for the forcibly displaced Rohingyas.

At the invitation of Bangladesh Foreign Minister Cavusoglu, informed that he would soon visit Bangladesh at a mutually convenient time.

Dr Momen paid a one-day official visit to Tukey on Saturday to join second Antalya Diplomacy Forum, attended by several other Foreign Ministers from Asian countries held in Antalya.

On the sideline, Dr Momen also held bilateral meeting with foreign ministers of Austria and Kyrgyz Republic.

During the meeting with Austrian foreign minister Alexander Schallenberg, Dr Momen discussed the issue of joint celebration of the golden jubilee of diplomatic relations between the two countries.