08 November 2018•Update: 08 November 2018
ANKARA
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Thursday met his Laotian counterpart Saleumxay Kommasith in the capital of Lao People’s Democratic Republic.
In the meeting, Cavusoglu highlighted the importance of Turkey's embassy in Laos for the bilateral relations, which is inaugurated in capital Vientiane on Wednesday.
Cavusoglu, who is currently on a two-day visit in Vientiane, is the first Turkish foreign minister to visit to Laos.
Cavusoglu also offered his condolences to the Laotian people over the floods that hit the country in the summer.
Many households and villages in Laos were damaged from flooding and landslides in August.
Reporting by Nazli Yuzbasioglu:Writing by Faruk Zorlu
