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No: 94, 3 April 2013, Press Release Regarding the Visit of H.E. Mr. Tieman Hubert Coulibaly, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Mali, to Turkey

H.E. Mr. Tieman Hubert Coulibaly, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Mali, will pay a visit to Turkey on April 6-7, 2013 upon the invitation of H.E. Mr. Ahmet Davutoğlu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey.

During the meeting to be held by H.E. Mr. Ahmet Davutoğlu with H.E. Mr. Tieman Hubert Coulibaly, recent developments in Mali and bilateral issues between Turkey and Mali will be discussed.

Turkey, who welcomed the adoption by the Malian National Assembly of the Road Map aiming at the establishment of the country’s territorial integrity and the organization of free and transparent elections on January 29, 2013 in the spirit of national reconciliation, supports the concrete steps taken towards ending as soon as possible the worrying developments which threaten the territorial integrity, independence and national unity of Mali and towards ensuring tranquility of the Malian people and the development of Mali.

During this process, Turkey, acting through the spirit of regional ownership and of finding settlement to the problems of Africa by Africans, will support all efforts which the African Union (AU) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will make in cooperation with the international community, particularly with the United Nations, regarding the developments in Mali.

On the other hand, Turkey will continue to intensively support the efforts made within the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) of which Mali is also a founding member, in order to ensure reaching a peaceful settlement to the question within the framework of democracy in order to enable Mali to stand on its own feet in the upcoming period.

The visit of H.E. Mr. Tieman Hubert Coulibaly will also constitute a concrete indication of the importance and the support given by Turkey, who is a strategic partner of the African Union, to the preservation of sovereignty, territorial integrity and political stability in its developing relations with all the states of the African continent.