Foreign minister speaks on UN's selecting Turkish diplomat for General Assembly chief

ISTANBUL, TURKEY - JUNE 17: Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu speaks on UN's selecting Turkish diplomat for General Assembly chief on June 17, 2020 in Istanbul. The UN General Assembly elected Wednesday former Turkish Ambassador Volkan Bozkir to be its president ahead of the 75th General Debate in September. Bozkir is currently a Justice and Development (AK) Party lawmaker from Istanbul and head of the Turkish Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee. He was elected to the Turkish legislature in 2011 following nearly 40 years in the foreign service that included posts in Stuttgart, Germany; Baghdad; New York and Bucharest, Romania. Bozkir is the first Turkish national to head the General Assembly. He will take office in September and hold the post for one year. This year he will lead the annual forum as its prepares to convene in some virtual form for the first time in the UN's 75-year history due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Footage by Tolga Ciplak/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)