Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan received an award on behalf of Ottoman statesman Isa-Beg Ishakovic, founder of Bosnian capital Sarajevo in Bosnia-Herzegovina on Saturday, Anadolu Agency reported.
Delivering a speech at the ceremony, Erdogan said that Sarajevo had a different spirit and atmosphere among all cities in the world.
“Sarajevo is a bit Cairo, a bit Beirut, Damascus and Baghdad. Sarajevo is a bit Paris, London and a bit New York. Sarajevo has a similar spirit and atmosphere with Istanbul, Edirne, Bursa and Konya. It is Sarajevo, a city of Balkans.”
Sarajevo was one of the most colorful cities in the world, he said. Although the city suffered from great pains in the recent history, it has become a symbol of friendship and peace today, he went on saying.
Erdogan said that he believed that Bosnia-Herzegovina would join the EU in the shortest time of period, but the country should ensure stability in order to be a member of the EU. Stability was a must to attract international investments, he said.
Premier Erdogan said that Turkey secured stability, peace and tranquility and its economy tripled in the last decade.
via Turkish PM receives award on behalf of Isa-Beg Ishakovic – Trend.Az.