Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu meets with head of Gagauz Autonomy

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu met with Moldovan Gagauz Autonomous Region Chairman Irina Vlah, Report states, referring to the Turkish Foreign Minister's Twitter page.

"We discussed cooperation opportunities in the meeting. Our Gagauz kinsmen are a bridge of friendship with Moldova. We will continue to support them in every field," the minister said.

Gagauzia is an autonomous region of Moldova. Although it seceded from Moldova in 1990 and declared independence, the unrecognized republic did not last long. At the end of 1994, the Republic of Gagauzia and Moldova agreed on integrating the republic into Moldova based on autonomy rights. After that agreement, the region became the Gagauz Autonomous Region. The Gagauz, who are mainly Orthodox Christians, are of Oghuz Turkic origin.