Turkey's Parliament Speaker Holds News Conference On His Foreign Visits

ANKARA - Turkish Parliament Speaker Koksal Toptan held a news conference on Monday at Turkish parliament about his visits to several countries.
Toptan told reporters he paid a visit to China between April 5th and 11th at invitation from of Wu Bangguo, chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the country and he held several fruitful talks there.
"I believe that trade volume between Turkey and China should be improved," he said.
China supported Turkey's candidacy for a nonpermanent seat at the UN Security Council in 2009-2010 period and the country has similar views with Turkey on the Cyprus issue, he said.
Toptan said he would pay formal visits to Slovenia and Germany and he would leave for Slovenia later in the day at invitation from the president of the Slovenian National Assembly.
His visits to Slovenia and Germany would contribute to Turkey's relations with those countries, he said.
(EÖ-MS)