By Mehmet Tosun
ANKARA (AA) – Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov will pay a working visit to Turkey on Monday, the Turkish Communications Directorate announced late Sunday.
Bilateral relations between Turkey and Bulgaria as well as steps for cooperation between the two countries will be discussed during meetings with Borisov, the directorate said in a statement.
Exchanges of ideas on regional and international developments in Syria are also expected.
At least 34 Turkish soldiers were martyred and tens of others injured last Thursday in an airstrike by Bashar al-Assad regime forces in Idlib province, a de-escalation zone which is currently home to four million civilians, including hundreds of thousands displaced in recent years by regime forces throughout the war-torn country.
The Turkish soldiers are working to protect local civilians under a September 2018 deal with Russia which prohibits acts of aggression in the de-escalation zone.
Thursday’s attack was one of a series since January on Turkish troops, with Turkish officials keeping their pledge that such assaults would not go unanswered.
On Sunday, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar announced that his country had launched Operation Spring Shield in Idlib in response to the recent regime attack on Turkish troops in the region.
*Writing by Jeyhun Aliyev
