Deputy Foreign Minister H. Ali Özel met with the Turkish community and business community in Kosovo and North Macedonia as part of his contacts in the Balkans. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Özel visited the Prizren Campus of Kosovo Maarif Schools. During the visit, Vehbi Terzi, a student at the school, told Deputy Minister Özel about his artificial intelligence and robotics project, which won first prize at the World of Turkic Science and Culture Festival.
Özel also met with representatives of the Turkish community in Prizren and exchanged views on issues concerning the Turkish community in Kosovo. During his contacts in Kosovo, the deputy minister had also visited the construction site of Pristina Central Mosque.
KDTP delegation at the Pristina Embassy
Deputy Minister Özel received Kosovo Deputy Minister of Defense and Kosovo Democratic Turkish Party (KDTP) Deputy Chair Enis Kervan, along with KDTP members of parliament Ergül Mazrek and Fatma Taç, at the Embassy in Pristina. The meeting addressed the Turkish community and bilateral cooperation.

Meeting with businesspeople in Skopje
During the North Macedonia leg of his visit, Özel met with Turkish businesspeople in Skopje and exchanged views on steps to further strengthen economic and trade relations between the two countries. Özel also visited the Skopje Campus of North Macedonia Maarif Schools and met with students.

During his contacts in North Macedonia, Özel also attended the opening of a symposium on Turkology in Skopje.
Photos: Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Foreign Affairs