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    WASHINGTON CONFERENCE PROVIDES FORUM FOR US, TURKISH OFFICIALS TO 'REVIEW' RELATIONS

    http://www.asbarez.com/2009/06/01/washi ngton-conference-provides-forum-for-us-turkish-off icials-to-review-relations/
    Jun 1, 2009

    WASHINGTON -Senior Turkish and U.S. officials are meeting in Washington
    DC Monday to discuss their countries' political, defense, and business
    relationships during an annual two-day conference designed to boost
    cooperation between the two allies. Hosted by the American-Turkish
    Council, the annual conference on U.S.-Turkish relations is a forum
    for government and military officials, business leaders and academics
    to discuss issues and opportunities to boosting the two nations'
    political and trade ties. This year's conference is the 28th meeting
    organized by the group and takes place approximately two months after
    President Barack Obama's visit to Turkey.

    Top Turkish officials attending conference were Chief of General Staff
    General Ilker Basbug and Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. Basbug will
    also meet this week with Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the U.S. Joint
    Chiefs of Staff, and visit a number of U.S. military facilities. The
    two men will be keynote speakers at the ATC's opening dinner Monday
    night. Davutoglu, who was appointed foreign minister by Prime Minister
    Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a Cabinet reshuffle at the end of April, will
    also meet with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton later this
    week. Davutoglu will speak at the ATC conference on Tuesday. Egemen
    Bagis, the Turkish state minister responsible for European Union
    relations, and Transport Minister Binali Yildirim are also attending
    the conference. US Democratic Sen. John Kerry, chairman of the Senate
    Foreign Relations Committee, will address the conference Tuesday as
    well. Obama's visit aimed to restore the U.S.-Turkish ties that were
    damaged during former Republican president George W. Bush's term,
    mainly due to disputes related to the Iraq war. The ATC, whose members
    include major U.S. and Turkish companies doing business in each other's
    countries, seeks to boost the two nations' political and trade ties.
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