The ministry of foreign affairs on Thursday announced the visit to The Gambia of the president of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Mr Erdogan will pay a day’s visit to The Gambia on 27 January 2020. It will be the first time a Turkish president is visiting the country.
A statement from foreign affairs said: “The purpose of the visit is to facilitate a review of the bilateral relations between the two countries and to map-out ways of strengthening collaboration relative to development cooperation at the bilateral and multilateral level.
“During the visit by President Adama Barrow to Turkey in February 2018 the two countries signed various Bilateral Agreements, Protocols and Memorandums of Understanding. Since that fruitful visit, bilateral cooperation between the two countries has become more comprehensive involving commercial, educational, economic, health and security sectors just to name a few.
“The Gambia and Turkey have enjoyed excellent bilateral relations dating back to 1965 following the country’s attainment of independence and have been collaborating closely at the United Nations, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and other international fora.”
