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British foreign secretary to visit Turkey

19 November 2013 21:24 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. British Foreign Secretary William Hague will arrive in Turkey on Tuesday evening, APA reports quoting AA.

According to a statement by Turkish Foreign Ministry, Hague will pay a two-day visit on November 19 and 20 for the tenth year commemoration of the terrorist attack on British Consulate General and HSBC bank building in Istanbul on November 20, 2013.

It was also reported in the statement that Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will also attend the commemoration to be held at British Istanbul Consulate General on Wednesday.

It was also stated that Davutoglu will have a meeting with Hague and handle the issues such as cooperation against terrorism, relations between the two states, Turkey's EU membership process, Syria and Cyprus issues.

It was also reported that Feridun Sinirlioglu, undersecretary of Foreign Ministry, and his British counterpart will also attend the meeting.