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Turkish leader meets members of Bosnian Presidency

Anadolu Agency WORLD
Published July 08,2019
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Turkey's president met on Monday with all three members of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with the members of the nation's presidency -- one Serb, one Bosniak, and one Croat -- during his two-day visit to Bosnia's capital Sarajevo.

Serb member Milorad Dodik -- the current chair in the rotating chairmanship -- attended, along with Bosniak member Şefik Dzaferovic and Croat member Zeljko Komsic.

Also present at the meeting were Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak, National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, Agriculture and Forestry Minister Bekir Pakdemirli, and Transport and Infrastructure Minister Mehmet Cahit Turhan.

Later, Erdoğan met with Bakir Izetbegovic, chair of the House of Peoples, one of the chambers of Bosnia-Herzegovina's parliament.

He also met with Slovenian counterpart Borut Pahor and received Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov.

Meanwhile, Turkey's first lady Emine Erdoğan visited the Yunus Emre Culture Center in Sarajevo as well as schools in the capital run by Turkey's state Maarif Foundation.