ANKARA

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu met with his counterparts from Montenegro, Bulgaria and the secretary-general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in New York City on Tuesday.

In a tweet, Cavusoglu said he discussed “bilateral economic relations and recent developments in the Balkans” with Montenegro’s Foreign Minister Ranko Krivokapic.

The meeting with Nikolay Milkov, the foreign minister in Bulgaria’s caretaker government, focused on “high-level contacts and bilateral relations, in particular transportation and energy issues,” the top Turkish diplomat said in a separate tweet.

In addition, he discussed "steps for effective cooperation against Islamophobia and OIC Summit preparations" with OIC Secretary-General Hissein Brahim Taha.