Chairman of the State Duma visited the building of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey

Viacheslav Volodin with other members of the delegation of the State Duma laid flowers at the building of the Turkish parliament that was struck from the air during the attempted coup d'état on July 15, 2016
News
Section
Date and time
2 minutes
Reading time
1652
Shows
23
Поделились
Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin
Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin

Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin Volodin Vyacheslav Victorovich Volodin
Vyacheslav Victorovich The Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the eighth convocation. Elected in single mandate constituency № 163 (Saratov constituency - Saratov Oblast) was accompanied by Cemal ÖZTÜRK, a member of the Justice and Development Party from Giresun Province, head of the Turkish delegation to the PABSEC.

During an attempt of the coup d'état in 2016, the rebels fired at several important Ankara facilities, including the building of the General Staffof Armed Forces, police headquarters, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The parliament building was attacked from the air. Also, air strikes were carried out at the residence of President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara. Similar shootings took place in Istanbul.

Viacheslav Volodin with other members of the delegation of the State Duma arrived with a working visit in Ankara. He is participating in the sixth General Congress of the Justice and Development Party, founded by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Within the framework of the visit, a number of bilateral meetings of the Chairman of the State Duma with the leadership of the Republic of Turkey are planned.