(KPL) Minister of Labour and Social Welfare Khampheng Saysompheng on Mar 2 received a courtesy call from Mr Ahmet Idem Akay, new Ambassador of Turkey to the Lao PDR.
During the talk, Mr Khampheng Saysompheng appreciated the new ambassador upon his appointment to the post and expressed his confidence that Mr Ahmet Idem Akay will successfully fulfill his diplomatic mission and strengthen the cooperation between Laos and Turkey, especially on labour and social welfare.
The ambassador also expressed his hope that the Lao PDR and Turkey will increase cooperation in a number of areas over years to come.
Turkey, officially the Republic of Turkey, is a transcontinental country in Eurasia, mainly in Anatolia in Western Asia, with a smaller portion on the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe.
Turkey is bordered by eight countries with Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan and Iran to the east; and Iraq and Syria to the south.
The country is encircled by seas on three sides with the Aegean Sea to the west, the Black Sea to the north, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south.
The Bosphorus, the Sea of Marmara, and the Dardanelles, which together form the Turkish Straits, divide Thrace and Anatolia and separate Europe and Asia.
Ankara is the capital while Istanbul is the country's largest city and main cultural and commercial centre, classified as a leading global city.
Major urban areas include İzmir, Antalya, Bursa, Eskişehir, Mersin, Konya, and Adana, among others.
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