Shahriar Alam to attend Erdogan's inauguration

The junior foreign minister M Shahriar Alam will represent Bangladesh in the swearing-in ceremony of the new Turkish President-elect Tayyip Erdogan.

Senior Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 25 August 2014, 02:18 PM
Updated : 25 August 2014, 02:18 PM

Erdogan won the country's first direct ballot on Aug 10.

The foreign ministry said Alam would leave Dhaka for Ankara on Aug 27.

Erdogan’s inauguration will take place on Aug 28.

Shahriar Alam will come back on the next day after attending the ceremony, the ministry said in a media release.