“His Excellency Volkan Bozkir from Turkey, having received the necessary majority of votes, was elected chairman of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly. I congratulate Mr. Volkan Bozkyr, ”RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.
According to the agency, Bozkir worked as an ambassador in Bucharest, as well as the Permanent Representative of Turkey to the European Union.
In March, an official spokesman for the UN Secretary General, Stefan Dujarric, did not rule out that the cancellation of the event due to coronavirus could have an impact on the UN General Assembly.