By IRNA
New Delhi : Visiting Turkish Foreign Affairs Minister Ali Babacan met his Indian counterpart External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee prior to a meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Friday.
Babacan who arrived in New Delhi Thursday night, started his five-day India visit on February 5 with trips to Mumbai and Hyderabad before arriving here.
India and Turkey will hold talks on strengthening bilateral relations when Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan meets his Indian counterpart, Pranab Mukherjee said earlier today.
Babacan, the first Turkish Foreign Minister to visit India in 30 years, is likely to discuss possible civil nuclear cooperation, as his country embarks on the construction of its first nuclear power plant.
Babacan is expected to call on Vice-President Mohammad Hamid Ansari and meet Sonia Gandhi, chairperson of the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA).
During the visit, a Memorandum of Understanding will be signed between the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey.
The last high-level visit from India was then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee`s trip to Turkey in September 2003.