Geography of Asia

President Iohannis promises best possible medical care to soldiers wounded in Afghanistan

President Klaus Iohannis wished the Romanian troops wounded on Thursday in Afghanistan to get well soon; he assured he was standing by them, and promised them the best possible medical care.

Photo credit: (c) Liviu SOVA / AGERPRES ARCHIVE

Prime Minister Al-Thani invites Vucic to visit Qatar

BELGRADE - Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Prime Minister of Qatar, invited his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic to visit Doha and contribute to further strengthening of ties between the two countries.

The official invitation was presented to Vucic on Thursday by Qatar's Ambassador to Serbia Sheikh Mubarak bin Fahad Jassim Mohammed Al-Thani.

Turkey's tourism revenue edges up in first quarter

Turkey?s tourism revenues stood at $4.87 billion in the first quarter of the year, improving 1.3 percent from the same period in 2014, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜ?K) said in a report on its website April 30.

Turkey welcomed more than 5.3 million visitors in the first quarter of this year, an increase of 5.5 percent from the same quarter in 2014.

Erdo?an calls for Kuwaiti cooperation on construction, banking

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has told Kuwaiti businesspeople that Turkey is ready to take part in the construction sector in the Gulf nation, as Islamic banking remains a strong field of cooperation. 

Erdo?an said April 28 during a meeting in Kuwait City that he had learned the Gulf country was preparing for a breakthrough in the construction sector. 

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