Dhaka, July 21 -- Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman and Prime Minister's Foreign Affairs Adviser Humaiun Kobir held an impromptu meeting with Turkiye's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Berris Ekinci on the sidelines of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Ministerial Meetings in Manila of the Philippines on Tuesday.

They had a cordial exchange of views on the growing fraternal partnership between Bangladesh and Turkiye, a senior official told UNB.

Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman reached Manila from New York in the afternoon.

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