Turkey's FM hails new Canadian, Afghan officials

In phone call, Foreign Minister Cavusoglu congratulates his new Canadian counterpart Marc Garneau

By Merve Aydogan

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey’s foreign minister spoke with his newly appointed Canadian counterpart over the phone, according to diplomatic sources.

In their phone conversation, Mevlut Cavusoglu congratulated Marc Garneau on his appointment this January as foreign minister.

Separately, Cavusoglu also met in the Turkish capital Ankara with Qudratullah Zaki, Afghanistan’s transport minister.

On Twitter, Cavusoglu "congratulated my brother Qudratullah Zaki, Minister of Transport of Afghanistan, for his new post."

"Thanks to statesmen like Qudratullah Zaki who studied in Turkey, our brotherly ties with Afghanistan are even stronger," Cavusoglu added.

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