Turkey, Spain agree on five-year multi-entry visa

Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey and Spain agreed during their intergovernmental meetings on granting five-year multi-entry visa to Turkish businessmen, academicians and artists.

"Also, students can have the opportunity to benefit from this agreement within the framework of Erasmus program," Erdogan told reporters in Cordoba, Spain.

Erdogan also said there were around 360-370 Spanish entrepreneurs in Turkey, and 70 Turkish entrepreneurs in Spain.

Two countries could also make joint investments in third countries, Erdogan said.

Erdogan said two countries could invest in energy, particularly wind and solar energy and nuclear energy, transportation and health.

"Turkish and Spanish executives will work on the text and then make it public," he said.

Erdogan said the third summit of Alliance of Civilizations would take place in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil on May 28-29.

Commenting on Monday night's protest against him, Erdogan said the person who staged the protest was a refugee and concerned Spanish authorities would later inform him about the result of the ongoing investigation.

Erdogan said the incident should not be exaggerated, and he had not exaggerated it as much as the media did.

A person, who threw a shoe at Erdogan while he was walking to his vehicle on Monday night, was immediately detained by security forces.

/World Bulletin/