Turkish parliament speaker embarks on 3-day Spain visit

ANKARA

Turkey's parliament speaker is heading to Spain on Sunday to begin his three-day visit.

Mustafa Sentop and an accompanying delegation will be welcomed by Turkey's Ambassador in Madrid Burak Akcapar.

On the second day of his visit, Sentop will meet Meritxell Batet, the president of Spain’s Congress of Deputies. He will also meet Andre Gil, the president of the Senate.

He will also meet Susana Sumelzo, the chair of the Joint Congress-Senate Committee for the EU, and Pau Mari-Klose, the head of the Foreign Relations Committee of the House of Representatives.

Sentop will visit Granada and Cordoba on the last day of his visit.

Sentop's visit is the first in 27 years by a Turkish parliament speaker to Spain.

*Writing by Beyza Binnur Donmez