Japanese FM Gemba due to Ankara

ANKARA (A.A) - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba will be arriving in Turkey on a two-day working trip. In a statement released Thursday, the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said that Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and his Japanese counterpart Gemba would meet on Friday and discuss bilateral relations as well as regional and international issues. Gemba will be received by Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan and meet with Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan. Gemba will be received by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul. This will be Gemba's first trip to Turkey as the Japanese foreign minister.