Bozdag and Davutoglu arrive in Norway

TRONDHEIM (A.A) - August 1, 2011 - Turkey's deputy prime minister and foreign minister arrived in Norway on Monday to attend the funeral ceremony of Gizem Dogan, a Turkish national who was killed in Utoya island shooting.
Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag and Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will take part at the funeral for Dogan, a 17-year-old Turkish victim of the July 22 Utoya island shooting, and to show solidarity with the people and the government of Norway.
The funeral will take place in the city of Trondheim where Dogan's family lives. Bozdag and Davutoglu will join the family to express condolences on behalf of Turkish people, the statement said.
The July 22 bombing and shooting in Oslo and on nearby Utoya island killed 77 people, mostly teenagers. Suspected killer Anders Behring Breivik was arrested shortly after the ferocious attack. 
Prior to his departure from Ankara's Esenboga Airport, Davutoglu said after attending funeral ceremony of Gizem Dogan, they would meet with Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store in Oslo. Davutoglu said that there had been a great synchronization and cooperation in foreign policy between Turkey and Norway in the recent period.
Davutoglu said that he had talks with Store before the terrorist attack in Norway and discussed Palestine and Middle East issue.