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UNB, Dhaka

Turkey will provide assistance in building 1,000 cyclone shelters and schools in Golachipa of Patuakhali district.

Apart from US$ 1,00,000 grant of Turkey Government, the Turkish people and NGOs will arrange the cyclone shelters and schools. It was disclosed when a three-member delegation of Turkish Parliamentarians, led by Hüseyin TUGCU, met with Foreign Adviser Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury at his office today.

The delegation also had representatives of Turkish NGOs. Dr Iftekhar Chowdhury thanked the delegation and stated that this act of generosity demonstrated the close relations existing between "our two Governments and Peoples".

They also discussed bilateral relations between the two countries and the means to expand them in the future.