Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki on the second day of his trip to Turkey met with President Abdullah Gul, Minister for EU Affairs Egemen Bagis and with chairman of the Foreign Affairs committee of the Grand National Assembly, Volkan Bozkir.

Overall political relations between the two countries were praised at the meeting with Turkey's President, MoFA says.

"President Gul focused on the forthcoming NATO summit in Chicago, voicing Turkey's full support for Macedonia's integration to NATO and reiterated the position that it was necessary Macedonia to join NATO as soon as possible, which will be personally advocated by him at the Chicago event," reads the press release.

Minister Poposki underscored the importance of the traditionally favourable relations and support accentuated in several spheres of mutual interest.

"He underlines that there is room for boosting the level of cooperation, especially business ties in view of attracting Turkish investments and opening the Turkish market for Macedonian products," states the press release.

At a meeting with minister Bagis, views and experiences were exchanged in relation to EU integration processes. Both ministers expressed mutual readiness for signing a cooperation agreement on EU integration.

At a meeting with MP Volkan Bozkir, talks focused on the fruitful and excellent cooperation between countries' parliaments.

FM Poposki delivered Wednesday a lecture at TEPAV (Economic Policy Research Institute) in which he emphasised the need of enhancing regional cooperation.