SINGAPORE: Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and his wife have an orchid named after them during their visit to Singapore

Record ID: 217695

  • Title: SINGAPORE: Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and his wife have an orchid named after them during their visit to Singapore
  • Date: 9th January 2014
  • Summary: SINGAPORE (JANUARY 9, 2014) (REUTERS) TURKISH PRIME MINISTER, TAYYIP ERDOGAN, AND HIS WIFE, EMINE ERDOGAN, ARRIVING FOR ORCHID NAMING CEREMONY ERDOGAN LISTENING EMINE ERDOGAN LOOKING AT ORCHID TAYYIP AND EMINE ERDOGAN LOOKING AT ORCHID ORCHID ERDOGANS LOOKING AT ORCHID TAYYIP ERDOGAN LISTENING ERDOGAN HOLDING HIS NAME PLATE NAME PLATES BEING EXCHANGED ERDOGAN LOOKING ON E
  • Embargoed: 24th January 2014 12:00
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  • Location: Singapore
  • Country: Singapore
  • Topics: International Relations,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA6D4C1QAETPMPZY3B96K1G9R48
  • Story Text: Singapore's Botanic Gardens on Thursday (January 9) named an orchid hybrid after visiting Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and his wife Emine, who are in the city state for two days.
    Erdogan, accompanied by his wife, put the orchid's new name plate in the pot and signed the guest book.
    The orchid was named dendrobium Recep Tayyip-Emine Erdogan.
    Earlier, he met Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Counter-Terrorism after a welcoming ceremony at the Istana.
    Erdogan is accompanied by an 80-strong delegation, including business leaders, local media said.
    He arrived in Singapore on Wednesday (January 8) night in his first official visit to the country.
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