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Members of BiH Presidency meet with Turkish President Erdogan in Sarajevo

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SARAJEVO, July 8 (FENA) - Chairman and members of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Milorad Dodik, Šefik Džaferović and Željko Komšić received today in Sarajevo Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is on a two-day visit to BiH, Anadolu Agency (AA) reports.

Erdogan arrived at Sarajevo International Airport today, accompanied by his wife Emine Erdogan, Minister of Treasury and Finance Berat Albayrak, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar and Transport and Infrastructure Minister Cahit Turhan.

Upon the arrival, Turkish President also visited the Turkish military mission at EUFOR where he had lunch with soldiers.

President of Turkey then visited the Kovači cemetery and memorial to the killed defenders where he laid flowers and read the passages from the Qur'an at the grave of the first President of the BiH Presidency, Alija Izetbegović.

After the meeting in the BiH Presidency, Erdogan is expected to meet with the Speaker of the House of Peoples of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina and President of the Party of Democratic Action (SDA), Bakir Izetbegović, and then with the President of Slovenia, Borut Pahor.

Members of the BiH Presidency emphasized that the visit of the President of Turkey is important for both countries in terms of progress in cooperation in all fields and strengthening of bilateral relations.

They emphasized the fact that BiH has the largest number of signed bilateral, state agreements precisely with the Republic of Turkey.

President of the Republic of Turkey congratulated BiH on the chairmanship of the SEECP and reminded that Turkey strongly supports the Southeast European Cooperation Process.

According to him, the SEECP is a useful mechanism for preserving stability and peace in the region.

He said that the Republic of Turkey supports the EU and NATO integrations of BiH, and that the integration of BiH into the EU and NATO will be a guarantor of stability and peace in the country.

He stressed that Turkey would continue to provide support for the preservation of BiH's stability, peace and prosperity.

Turkish President expressed willingness to revitalize the tripartite mechanism, that is, the holding of the meetings between BiH, Croatia and Serbia.

The meeting was also a chance to discuss the improvement of cooperation between the two countries, primarily in the fields of economy, agriculture, transport and infrastructure.

Most of the attention during the meeting was dedicated to the Belgrade - Sarajevo motorway construction and the importance that its construction would present for both BiH and all countries in the region, and also for Turkey.

The two sides also exchanged words about meat imports and concrete moves that would be realized in this segment, stated the BiH Presidency.

Erdogan today at the airport in Istanbul before departing on a two-day visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina, responded to journalists' questions, and said that peace and stability in the Balkans are very important for his country.

"Peace, stability and prosperity of the Balkans are very important for us," said Erdogan, "our country has no luxury to observe the events in the region from a distance."

On Tuesday, the second day of the visit, Turkish President Erdogan will attend the SCEEP summit, which takes place at "Termag" Hotel on Mount Jahorina, and on the sidelines of the event he is supposed to meet with President of North Macedonia, Stevo Pendarovski.

Accompanied by his wife Emine, Turkish President Erdogan is due to attend the sendoff of the convoy and pay tribute to the remains of victims of the genocide in Srebrenica in Sarajevo, who will be buried in Potočari, on July 11, at the 24th anniversary of the genocide.

(FENA) S. R.

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