Turkish President to visit India, Bangladesh next week

Gul will attend a session in which ministers from 28 NATO member countries would exchange views on the operation in Afghanistan with their non-NATO partners of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), Gul's office said in a statement on Thursday.

Gul will deliver a speech on "Turkey's contributions to establishment of peace and stability" in Afghanistan.

Gul is also scheduled to have a meeting with NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.

On Monday, Gul will receive Thorbjorn Jagland, Secretary-General of the Council of Europe, and then he will leave for New Delhi on a formal visit to India and then Bangladesh, the statement said.

/World Bulletin/