President Gül, as part of his program in New York which he attended the 68th Session of the UN General Assembly, conducted several bilateral talks with heads of state and government including President Heinz Fischer of Austria; UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon; President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabone; President Francois Hollande of France; President Hasan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia; President Michel Suleiman of Lebanon; President Borut Pahor of Slovenia; Queen Maxima of the Netherlands; President Derviş Eroğlu of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili. President Gül also received some heads of government including Prim Minister Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan and British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg.