TURKISH AMBASSADOR VISITS BAYAN-OLGII

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ To celebrating the Nowruz festival of the Kazakh people, the Ambassador of Turkey to Mongolia Mr Murat Karagoz visited the western Bayan-Olgii aimag March 20-22. During the visit at invitation of the province governor Kh.Darmen and chairman of Citizens Representatives Khural B.Lazatkhan, Mr Karagoz was accompanied by permanent representative of the Turkish International Cooperation and Development Agency (TIKA), social and cultural advisors of the Turkish Embassy in Ulaanbaatar, teachers of the Turk Studies Department of the National University of Mongolia and others. In Bayan-Olgii, the Ambassador held a meeting with its administration, Islamic society and Turkish citizens, before visiting a school for the disabled, a nursing home, a nursery, a dormitory and an elementary school to see ongoing projects realized under funding of TIKA and the high administration of religious affairs. He also met with local business people, attended an opening of Olgii city's museum, gave an interview to the local radio and met with representatives of other provinces. After this, the Ambassador took part in a ceremony of opening a new headquarters of the religious affairs. It has been constructed with a help from Turkey. At the Nowruz celebration, Mr Karagoz offered holiday greetings of 76 million Turkish to Bayan-Olgii Kazakhs, noting the strategic importance of the province which contains many ethnic groups in a mosaic harmony and borders with Russia and China. Turkey will continue assisting Mongolia and its Bayan-Olgii aimag in many sectors, he added.