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Turkish foreign minister meets his Laotian counterpart

Mevlut Cavusoglu stresses importance of Turkish embassy in Laos, inaugurated Wednesday, for bilateral relations

08.11.2018 - Update : 08.11.2018
Turkish foreign minister meets his Laotian counterpart Foreign Minister of Turkey Mevlut Cavusoglu shakes hands with Foreign Minister of Laos Saleumxay Kommasith (R) during the first visit by Turkey to Laos at the level of foreign minister, in Vientiane, Laos on November 8, 2018. ( Fatih Aktaş - Anadolu Agency )

ANKARA 

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Thursday met his Laotian counterpart Saleumxay Kommasith in the capital of Lao People’s Democratic Republic.

In the meeting, Cavusoglu highlighted the importance of Turkey's embassy in Laos for the bilateral relations, which is inaugurated in capital Vientiane on Wednesday.

Cavusoglu, who is currently on a two-day visit in Vientiane, is the first Turkish foreign minister to visit to Laos.

Cavusoglu also offered his condolences to the Laotian people over the floods that hit the country in the summer.

Many households and villages in Laos were damaged from flooding and landslides in August.

Reporting by Nazli Yuzbasioglu:Writing by Faruk Zorlu

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