Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Tuesday met with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in New York ahead of a Security Council session on Iraq later today, Anadolu reported.
Turkey's Permanent Representative to the UN Ertugrul Apakan and UN Undersecretary-General for Political Affairs B. Lynn also participated in the meeting.
Diplomatic sources close to the meeting have said Ban had thanked Davutoglu for Turkey's constructive and resolute efforts at the Security Council during its two-year non-permanent membership.
Sources cited Ban as telling the Turkish foreign minister that the UN chief would participate in UN's Least Developed Countries Conference in Istanbul in May.
Sources also said Ban officially informed Davutoglu that he appointed Turkey's Ambassador to New Delhi Levent Bilman as chairperson of the UN's Policy Planning and Mediation Support Unit.
On the agenda of the meeting between Ban and Davutoglu were Cyprus issue, Iraq, the Middle East peace process, Iran's nuclear program, referendum in Sudan, and an ongoing UN investigation over Israel's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla last May.
After his meeting with the UN chief, Davutoglu attended a dinner reception hosted by Greece's Permanent representative to the UN Anastassis Mitsialis.
Davutoglu also attended a national day reception hosted by Bahrain's Permanent Representative to the UN Tawfeeq Ahmad Al Mansoor.
The Turkish foreign minister is scheduled to participate in a Security Council meeting on Iraq before holding a press conference at the Turkish House.
Davutoglu will later depart for Turkey.