January 23 (BTA) - Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev is
heading a Bulgarian delegation on an official visit to Turkey,
the prosecution service said on Sunday.       

The delegation includes Deputy Prosecutor General and Head of
the Supreme Administrative Prosecutor's Office Desislava
Pironeva and Geshev's spokesperson Siika Mileva. The official
visit is taking place at the invitation of Turkey's General
Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Appeal Bekir Sahin. The visit
 is a continuation of the active dialogue between the
prosecutor's offices of Bulgaria and Turkey, which resulted in
the establishment of the Balkan Forum of Chief Prosecutors.   

During the visit, meetings are planned in the Supreme Court and
the General Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Turkey. The
Bulgarian delegation will also visit the newly opened building
of the General Prosecutor's Office in Ankara. The focus of the
talks between the prosecutor's offices of the two neighbouring
countries will be the continuation of excellent cooperation in
criminal matters, anti-terrorism, as well as countering
cross-border organized crime and combating illegal migration,
the release said.       

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