AK PARTY TO EXPAND ABROAD

Minister for EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator Egemen Bagis and Mevlut Cavusoglu, Deputy Chairman of AK Party carried out work for AK Party’s representative office planned to be opened in Brussels.

Bagis and Cavusoglu visited some offices near the EU institutions, and stated that the first representative office abroad will be opened by Mr. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan following the necessary arrangements.

Egemen Bagis said:

"Together with Mr. Cavusoglu, we are carrying out the instructions given by our Prime Minister and accordingly, analysing the alternatives for AK Party’s representative office in Brussels. Before 2002, Turkey, apart from opening offices in capitals all over the world, had problems even on reaching to its own cities. An earthquake was happened in 1999, and the then Prime Minister managed to arrive at the disaster area weeks later. After those times when Turkey had lost contact with its own provinces, thank God that we are now in a period when Turkey's messages spread all around the world."

Minister Bagis stated that the representative office that will be opened in Brussels should be regarded as a very important development in Turkey's journey towards democracy and said, "This commitment of AK Party, which has contributed at the most for Turkey's EU journey throughout the history the Republic and which will continue to do so, will be a permanent and concrete print in the heart of the EU from now on."