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Turkey and Serbia sign deals during Gul’s visit

Tue, Oct 27 2009 12:17 CET

byClive Leviev-Sawyer

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Turkey and Serbia sign deals during Gul’s visit

Serbia's president Boris Tadic, right, and his counterpart Turkey's Abdullah Gul review a guard of honour during a welcoming ceremony in Belgrade, October 26 2009.

Turkey and Serbia have signed a series of bilateral agreements during Turkish president Abdullah Gul’s visit to Belgrade, and Gul has encouraged Turkish investment in Serbia, with both countries agreeing that Ankara’s recognition of Kosovo as independent should not stand between them.
 
Gul was scheduled to wrap up his two-day visit to Serbia on October 27 2009, the first such visit by a Turkish head of state since 1986.
 
Speaking after a meeting with his Serbian counterpart Boris Tadic, Gul described the two countries as "good neighbours even though they do not share a border".
 
Agreements signed by ministers of the two countries during Gul’s visit cover co-operation on infrastructural and transport projects, economic co-operation, technical and financial co-operation, and two on social security.
 
A free trade agreement signed between Turkey and Serbia in 2008 is due to come into effect at the end of 2009.
 

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