SOFIA - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Bulgaria on Wednesday after completing his tour of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Albania.
Erdogan will be welcomed with full military honors by Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev on Thursday.
Erdogan and Stanishev will discuss Turkey-Bulgaria relations, Kosovo and recent developments in the Balkans in their tete-a-tete meeting; and then they will hold a joint press conference.
Erdogan will deliver speech at Turkey-Bulgaria Business Council meeting.
Proceeding from Sofia to Turgovishte city, Erdogan will inaugurate the facilities of Turkish Sise Cam (glass producer company).
Erdogan will then return to Sofia and meet Movement for Rights and Freedoms of Bulgaria (HOH) chairman Ahmet Dogan.
He will attend dinner which will be hosted in his honor by Stanishev.
On Friay, Erdogan will meet Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov and Parliament Speaker Georgi Pirinski; and then proceed to Kircaali (Kardjali), a Bulgarian city densely populated by Turks.
Erdogan will meet Kircaali Mayor Hasan Aziz; and then leave Bulgaria for Turkey.
(GC-MS)