ANKARA - Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, attended on Friday the Queen`s birthday reception held at the British Embassy in Ankara ahead of their departure from Turkey.
The reception was attended also by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Foreign Minister Ali Babacan, British State Secretary for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs David Miliband, as well as their spouses and several other high level Turkish officials.
Queen Elizabeth and Turkish PM Erdogan had a brief meeting at the reception, officials said.
(TÇ-ULG)