Almotamar Net -
By Cihan News Agency
Published: Thursday, October 27, 2005
.com

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayip Erdogan visited a military museum full of historical artifacts remaining from the Ottoman period and also Bekiriye Mosque built by Ottoman Empire in Sana, the capital of Yemen.

Erdogan examined the Ottoman artifacts in detail during his visit with his wife and cabinet minister Abdullatif Sener after making connections in Kuwait and arriving in Sana in the evening.

Erdogan met with his Yemeni counterpart Abdulkadir Bajamal besides his contacts in Yemen. After an hour's meeting, three different agreements were signed; providing the prevention of double taxation between two countries, cooperation in natural gas and oil and corporation in the protection of environment.

Erdogan said the current 215 million-dollar foreign trade volume is not enough and should be increased, in the press conference held after the meeting. Yemen Prime Minister Bajamal said, "we support Turkey's access to EU. Turkey will play an important part in bridging Europe and the Arabic world," adding there are a lot of areas of corporation between the two countries. Erdogan later met with Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Salih.