Celik Meets Dutch Education Minister

ANKARA - Turkish National Education Minister Huseyin Celik met on Thursday Education, Culture & Science Minister Maria Van Der Hoeven of the Netherlands.
Replying to questions of journalists following the meeting, Celik said that he had informed the Dutch delegation on Turkey's education reforms and projects in its process of adjusting itself to the EU.
''Van Der Hoeven invited me to the Netherlands in December to attend a meeting about vocational training programs,'' he said.
Meanwhile, Van Der Hoeven highlighted importance of exchange of students as regards to cultural ties.
Van Der Hoeven added that Turkey had taken very important decisions in the last two years, and stressed that Turkey's putting them into force was of great importance.
(UK-MS) 21.10.2004