Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Turkey and Poland had great solidarity in NATO and the EU, Anadolu Agency reported.
Erdogan and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk had a tete-a-tete meeting, chaired meetings between delegations of the two countries and held a press conference in Ankara.
Erdogan said that they discussed political, military, economic and cultural ties between Turkey and Poland in their meeting.
Turkey supported Poland in regard to its membership to NATO and Poland assumed a positive attitude regarding Turkey's EU accession process, he said. Erdogan said, "I would like to thank Tusk for Poland's positive stance. I believe that Poland will keep supporting us in the coming period. Poland will take over rotating presidency of the EU in the second half of 2011. I believe that the two countries will improve the process."
Erdogan said, "Turkey and Poland are allied countries in NATO. I believe that improvement of cooperation will contribute to international and regional peace, stability and prosperity."