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Turkish Parliament Speaker continues talks in Latvia
RIGA (A.A) - Turkish Parliament Speaker Mehmet Ali Sahin, who is currently in Latvia for talks, met with Latvian-Turkish Interparliamentary Friendship Group Chairman Ojars Kalnins in Riga on Friday.
Chairman of Latvian Parliament's Committee on European Affairs Imants Liegis was also present at the meeting between Sahin and Kalnins.
Sahin gave information about Turkey's EU process and thanked Latvia for their support to its EU bid.
On bilateral relations, Sahin said that peoples of Turkey and Latvia should know each other better. He said cultural and economic relations should be improved.
For his part, Liegis recalled that Latvia had become a NATO member at a summit in Istanbul seven years ago, and he thanked Sahin for Turkey's support to Latvia's NATO membership. Liegis said Turkey and Latvia had shown a good partnership since then.
Chairman of Latvian Parliament's Committee on European Affairs Imants Liegis was also present at the meeting between Sahin and Kalnins.
Sahin gave information about Turkey's EU process and thanked Latvia for their support to its EU bid.
On bilateral relations, Sahin said that peoples of Turkey and Latvia should know each other better. He said cultural and economic relations should be improved.
For his part, Liegis recalled that Latvia had become a NATO member at a summit in Istanbul seven years ago, and he thanked Sahin for Turkey's support to Latvia's NATO membership. Liegis said Turkey and Latvia had shown a good partnership since then.
