UPDATES WITH MORE COUNTRIES; CHANGES DECK, LEDE
By Mumin Altas
ANKARA (AA) – Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday spoke over the phone with leaders of several Muslim countries on the occasion of Eid al-Adha, one of the two most important Muslim holidays.
According to a statement by Turkey's Directorate of Communications, Erdogan extended Eid greetings to Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Kazakhstan’s founding President Nursultan Nazarbayev and Tajikistan’s Emomali Rahmon on the second day of the Eid al-Adha.
Later, the directorate said the Turkish leader also extended Eid greetings to his Pakistani counterpart Arif Alvi, Pakistani premier Imran Khan, Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kazimi and Tunisia's parliament speaker Rached Ghannouchi.
They also discussed bilateral relations and regional issues, it added.
Most of the Muslim-majority countries around the world, including Turkey, are observing the four-day holiday that started on Friday.
