Mukerjee extends greetings to Turkey on eve of its National Day

President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday extended his greetings and felicitations to the government and people of the Republic of Turkey on the eve of the National Day of the Republic of Turkey.

In his message to Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President Mukherjee said, "On behalf of the Government and the people of India and on my own behalf, I have the pleasure to extend my warm greetings and felicitations to you and to the Government and the people of Turkey on the occasion of your National Day," President Mukherjee said in a message to Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of the Republic of Turkey.

"It is a matter of satisfaction that the deep-rooted relations between our two countries continue to be marked by friendship, mutual understanding and cooperation. I am confident that our bilateral relations will further diversify and deepen with the passage of time to the mutual benefit of the people of our two countries," he added.