Ministers and parliament members from Balkans hold contacts in Turkey

A delegation of four ministers and ten parliament members from Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Greece and Bulgaria arrived in Turkey to hold various contacts as the guest of Huseyin Burge, Istanbul Deputy of Justice and Development Party (AKP). The delegation met with President Abdullah Gul, Parliament Speaker Cemil Cicek, Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag and Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. The guests, including Macedonian State Minister Hadi Neziri, Kosovo's Public Administration Minister Mahir Yagcilar, Serbian State Minister Sulejman Ugljanin and Montenegro's State Minister Rafet Husovic, said that they had held constructive contacts and strengthened their bilateral ties. Furthermore, guest ministers and parliament members who were also received by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at his office at Dolmabahce Palace expressed their get well soon wishes to him. Accompanying the guests, Burge stressed the importance of relations with delegations from the mentioned friendly countries.