Consul General met with Mayor of Istanbul’s Bakırköy

On 28 May 2024, Aleksei Shved, Consul General of the Republic of Belarus in Istanbul, met with Prof. Dr. Ayşegül Ovalıoğlu, Mayor of Istanbul’s Municipality of Bakırköy, which is a hosting district for the Belarusian consular mission.

The Belarusian diplomat extended his congratulations to the Mayor on the occasion of her winning office at the local municipal elections, transmitted the original letter of congratulation on behalf of Sergey Khilman, Head of Sovietsky District of Minsk, twinned with Bakırköy. In this context, they discussed ongoing relations at the inter-municipality level.

The parties agreed to make landscaping improvements to the Belarusian Friendship Park inaugurated in Bakırköy in 2019 and launch a joint event at its premises in the short run.

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