Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announces plans to build a new highway linking Sarajevo and Belgrade
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during the South-East European Cooperation Process Summit in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina on July 09, 2019.
Erdogan made the remarks at the South East European Countries Cooperation Process Summit in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo, where stability and security and cooperation among the Balkans were discussed. Since then, hundreds of thousands of people have been killed and more than 10 million displaced, according to UN figures.
Turkey has been the main route for irregular migrants trying to cross to Europe, especially since 2011, the start of the Syrian civil war. "At the same time, this process contributed critically to the integration process of the Western Balkan countries to Euro-Atlantic institutions. Turkey has always provided and will continue to provide support for the integration of Balkan countries with Euro-Atlantic institutions," he said.
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