CE Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland will pay an official visit to Turkey, February 6-9, 2010.

He will hold meetings with Turkish President Abdullah Gul, Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan, FM Ahmet Davutoglu, as well as new-elected Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) President Mevlut Cavusoglu.

The programme of reforms aiming at strengthening of CE role in European political architecture will be discussed in the course of the meetings.

In the frames of his visit Jagland will meet with Turkish MPs, deliver a speech at Bilkent University as well as visit Ankara and Istanbul.

L.A.