President of the Republic, Ilir Meta, held today a meeting with Turkish President Binali Yildirim, which participates the Global Forum in Baku.

President Meta praised the traditional friendship relations between the two countries as well as the strategic partnership and expressed gratitude for the support turkey has provided to Albania over the years.

President Meta praised the role and the contribution given by the Turkish state co-operation and coordination agency, TIKA, which is present and has extended its support activities throughout the country.

President Meta also estimated that Turkey is one of the main economic and trade partners for Albania and underlined that the opportunities for increasing this cooperation, both in terms of trade and direct investment in Turkey, are growing steadily.

Focusing on security issues, President Meta said that as two NATO allies and partners for years, Albania and Turkey will continue their close co-operation in the fight against international terrorism, terrorist organizations and other joint threats./tvklan.al