Kilic: Kosovo Wants To Further Improve Its Relations With Turkey

PRISTINA - Metin Kilic, the undersecretary of Turkish Coordination Bureau in Kosovo said on Saturday that Kosovo wanted to further improve its relations with Turkey.
In an interview with the A.A, Kilic said, ''Kosovar leaders think that Turks constituted the best-educated group in Kosovar society working in full harmony with the other groups.''
''Kosovar people are grateful to Turkey for its assistance during and after the crisis in Kosovo. They appreciate that Turkey is the only country completing visa proceedings for Kosovar people in a day. Kosovar leaders want to further improve economic and social relations and cooperation with Turkey,'' he said.
Recalling that Turkey had provided Kosovo with humanitarian aid worth of 5 billion U.S. dollars since 1999, Kilic said that the Turkish Peace Force made a great contribution to efforts to provide peace and security in Kosovo.
Noting that there had still been thousands of Kosovar refugees in Turkey, Kilic added that Turkey and Kosovo cooperated in education, culture and health.
(UK) 21.08.2004