Turkey’s Deputy PM meets US Secretary of State

Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç met with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Warsaw during Poland’s celebration marking the 25th anniversary of the end of Communism on May 4.
      
“Mr. Kerry and I discussed Syria and other border countries’ latest developments, the Cypriot issue and the Turkey-U.S. relationship during the ceremony dinner,” Arınç said.
      
Arınç also referred to the leader of the Crimean Tatar community, Mustafa Abdülcemil Kırımoğlu, who recently won Poland’s first “Solidarity Award” from President Bronislaw Komorowski.
      
“This award is a great honor for Crimean Tatars and all Turkish citizens,” Arınç said.
      
This year, Turkey and Poland celebrated the 600th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations and Arınç said the two countries’ relationship was “perfect.”
      
Turkey aims to increase the relationship between the two countries.
      
In March, President Komorowski paid a two-day official visit to Turkey, as both countries’ leaders sought permanent solutions to the Eastern Europe crisis.