Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with Speaker of the Parliament of Northern Macedonia Afrim Ghasi on 2 October.
The meeting took place in the presidential complex in Ankara behind closed doors. It was also attended by the Speaker of the Turkish Parliament, Numan Kurtulmuş, as well as the chairmen of the parliamentary cooperation and friendship groups of the two assemblies, MPs Beijan Ilyaz and Ahmet Kilic.
Ghasi held a one-on-one meeting with Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, after which a joint meeting was held with the delegation members, Anatolian News Agency reported.
The Macedonian parliament speaker stressed that the meeting was an opportunity for the two sides to strengthen the long-standing active and successful cooperation.
He added that Fidan's recent visit to the Republic of North Macedonia, as well as his own visit to Turkey, is a confirmation of the high level of bilateral relations between the two traditionally friendly countries and NATO allies.
"As a country, we (RSM) highly value the successful cooperation with the Republic of Turkey in all fields and expressed our gratitude to Turkey, which has been a principled supporter of our NATO membership from the very beginning," Ghasi said.
At the meeting, Fidan reaffirmed Turkey's unconditional support for North Macedonia in all areas and referred to the need to strengthen cooperation in the economic field, reaffirming the commitment to increase trade between the two countries.
Afrim Ghasi is on an official visit to Turkey until 5 October at the invitation of President Kurtulmuş.
The parliamentary delegation led by him also includes MP Beijan Ilyas, Chairman of the Parliamentary Group for Cooperation with the Parliament of the Republic of Turkey Nikola Mitsevski, Oliver Spasovski, Merita Kolci Koçajuku and Bekim Sali. | BGNES
