First lady Emine Erdoğan
explained the plight of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims to her counterparts in a
meeting between first spouses during the NATO Summit held in Brussels this
week.
Accompanying her husband
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the NATO Summit, Emine Erdoğan toured the
Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren in the company of other spouses of
state leaders.
Erdoğan took the opportunity
to engage in candid conversation with her counterparts. Talking about her visit
to Myanmar in 2017, the first lady drew attention to the plight of Rohingya
Muslims. She said that Turkey has been caring for oppressed people such as the
Rohingya Muslims through both government agencies and with nongovernmental
organizations.
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Erdoğan also discussed
environmental issues with the first spouses, explaining Turkey's successful
Zero Waste Project as the group exchanged ideas with each other about how to
increase recycling efforts and waste reduction.
After exchanging ideas about
how to reduce waste and increase recycling efforts, Erdoğan and French first
lady Brigitte Macron had a frank conversation about the dangers and negative
influences of exposing children to technology without supervision.
The NATO summit, held July
11-12 in Brussels, Belgium, is President Erdoğan's first international summit
since being reelected to a five-year term in Turkey's June 24 elections.
Source: DAILY SABAH