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UPDATE: Polish president drums up business in Turkey

25.05.2021 02:00
Poland's President Andrzej Duda has discussed security challenges and business opportunities with Turkish officials during a visit to Ankara.
Polish President Andrzej Duda and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoan meet in Ankara on Monday, May 24, 2021.
Polish President Andrzej Duda and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan meet in Ankara on Monday, May 24, 2021.Photo: PAP/Leszek Szymański

While in the Turkish capital on Monday, Duda held political talks with his counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the company of Polish Deputy Prime Minister Piotr Gliński and Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak, officials told reporters.

Topics up for discussion included security cooperation as part of NATO ahead of the Western military alliance’s upcoming Brussels summit, according to Krzysztof Szczerski, a senior foreign policy adviser to the Polish head of state.

During the meeting, officials signed a bilateral travel agreement and a deal under which Poland will buy 24 armed drones from Turkey.

Photo: Photo: PAP/Leszek Szymański

On Tuesday, Duda is scheduled to meet with members of the Polish community in Turkey and visit soldiers from a Polish military contingent stationed in that country on a NATO mission.

Turkey’s Erdoğan visited Poland in 2017.

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Source: PAP