ERDOGAN: BOSNIAN PRESIDENT IZETBEGOVIC WILL ENTER HISTORY AS A GREAT LEADER

SARAJEVO, Bosnia (March 27,2008) – The Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo the fallen fighters’ cemetery and memorial of Kovaci and paid tribute to late Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic.

The Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan, accompanied by the Bosnian Minister of Security Tarik Sadovic and Sarajevo Canton Prime Minister Samir Silajdzic visited the President Alija Izetbegovic Museum.

”I am proud for having been given an opportunity to, together with other members of the delegation, pay tribute to Alija Izetbegovic, a great leader, a great man, my dear friend”, the Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan stated after the visit to the Museum.

Minister Erdogan stated that President Izetbegovic was a man who will enter history as a great fighter and a leader.

He hopes that the Alija Izetbegovic Museum will, in time, be made richer with more artefacts which will serve as a reminder of the President Izetbegovic’s personal contribution to the defence of Bosnia,during the 1992-1995 Serbian,Montenegrin and Croatian aggressions against Bosnia.
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