EGEMEN BAGIS ACCOMPANIES PRESIDENT GUL DURING HIS VISIT TO SWEDEN

Minister for EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator Egemen Bagis accompanied President of Turkish Republic Gul in his visit to Sweden.

Minister Bagis, Vice Prime Minister Ali Babacan and Minister for Foreign Affairs Ahmet Davutoglu accompanied Gul in his visit.

President Abdullah Gul was welcomed by Chief of Protocol Ambassador Caroline Vicini; Turkish Ambassador to Stockholm, Zergun Koruturk; Turkish Ambassador to Helsinki, Selah Koruturk, Swedish Ambassador to Ankara, Hakan Akesson and other officials at Arlanda Airport.

President Abdullah Gül and First Lady Hayrünnisa Gul were welcomed with an official ceremony by His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf in Stockholm.

President Gul, as part of his program in Stockholm, met with Swedish Parliament Speaker Per Westerberg.

President Abdullah Gul, as part of his program in Stockholm, met with Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt of Sweden, with whom he afterwards held a joint press conference. Prior to the joint press conference, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and his Swedish counterpart, Carl Bildt, signed the Turkey-Sweden Strategic Partnership Agreement.

Afterwards, President Gul and his accompanying delegation attended the dinner given in their honor by the Stockholm City Council.President Abdullah Gül and First Lady Hayrunnisa Gul hosted a reception in honor of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia in Stockholm.

President Abdullah Gul along with his accompanying delegation proceeded to Uppsala after the President’s program in Stockholm ended. President Gul explored Uppsala Castle and examined the books and manuscripts dating back to Ottoman times during their visit to the library of Uppsala University.

Source: www.ab.gov.tr