Deputy Foreign Minister H. Ali Özel visited the Prizren Campus of Kosovo Maarif Schools as part of his visit to Kosovo.
During the visit, school student Vehbi Terzi presented Özel with his artificial intelligence and robotics project, which won him first place at the Turkish World Science and Culture Festival. Özel toured the school's robotics workshop and posed for a commemorative photo with students and teachers.

Deputy Foreign Minister Özel also met with representatives of the Turkish community in Prizren. According to a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the meeting included an exchange of views on issues concerning the Turkish community in Kosovo.
Özel's Balkan engagements began with a meeting with Turkish businesspeople in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia.