Turkey's top diplomat Çavuşoğlu meets Muslim Turkish minority in Greece
Turkey's foreign minister on Sunday began a trip to Greece with a visit to the Muslim minority in Thrace, one of several sources of tension between the two countries. "In Greece to meet members of Turkish Minority in Western Thrace and discuss our bilateral relations", Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu tweeted as soon as he touched down at the airport in Alexandroupolis.
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- Published Date: 03:43 | 30 May 2021
- Modified Date: 05:11 | 30 May 2021
Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Sunday met with representatives of the Muslim Turkish minority in the Western Thrace region of Greece.
Arriving in Greece on a two-day visit, Çavuşoğlu was welcomed by Deputy Foreign Minister Sedat Onal, Turkey's Ambassador to Athens Burak Özügergin and Consul General to Komotini Murat Ömeroğlu at the Dedeağaç International Airport.
The foreign minister went to Komotini with his delegation where he met with Ibrahim Şerif, the chairman of the Western Thrace Turkish Minority Advisory Board and the elected mufti of Komotini, as well as Ahmet Mete, the elected mufti of Xanthi.
"The work of the muftis contributes greatly to the preservation and strengthening of the unity and solidarity of the Turkish minority," Çavuşoğlu said on Twitter.
He also visited the Celal Bayar High School, one of the two Turkish minority high schools in Western Thrace, a region that is home to a Muslim Turkish community of around 150,000.
"Turkish minority's children of all ages having an education in better conditions and in their mother tongue is important. Will continue to support our kinsmen to solve these problems," he added.
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