H.E. Mr. Salman Khurshid, Minister of External Affairs of India, will pay an official visit to Turkey on July 20-22, 2013. Turkish-Indian bilateral relations, regional and international issues concerning both countries and the preparation for the visit of the President of India to Turkey in October are expected to be discussed during the visit.

Turkey regards India, with which it enjoys historic relations, as an important cooperation partner in Asia and the G-20 forum as well as at the global level and desires to diversify its relations with India.