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BUYUKANIT TO VISIT WASHINGTON
The New Anatolian, Turkey
Feb 10 2007
While Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul is set to return to Ankara
this weekend, Turkish Chief of General Staff Gen. Yasar Buyukanit
will travel to Washington to hold key talks with U.S. officials.
Buyukanit, who is the official guest of U.S. Gen. Peter Pace, chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will meet with Vice President Dick
Cheney on Wednesday.
During his talks at the Pentagon, the top Turkish general will meet
with Gen. Pace, U.S. Undersecretary of Defense for Policy and former
U.S. Ambassador to Ankara Eric Edelman and Gen. Peter Schoomaker,
chief of staff of the U.S. Army.
Buyukanit is scheduled to speak at a think-tank organization on
Friday. He will hold a press conference at the end of his talks the
same day.
Bilateral military issues, Iraq, the terrorist Kurdistan Workers'
Party (PKK), the Middle East problem and the so-called Armenian
resolution are among the subjects that Buyukanit is expected to focus
on in Washington.
The New Anatolian, Turkey
Feb 10 2007
While Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul is set to return to Ankara
this weekend, Turkish Chief of General Staff Gen. Yasar Buyukanit
will travel to Washington to hold key talks with U.S. officials.
Buyukanit, who is the official guest of U.S. Gen. Peter Pace, chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will meet with Vice President Dick
Cheney on Wednesday.
During his talks at the Pentagon, the top Turkish general will meet
with Gen. Pace, U.S. Undersecretary of Defense for Policy and former
U.S. Ambassador to Ankara Eric Edelman and Gen. Peter Schoomaker,
chief of staff of the U.S. Army.
Buyukanit is scheduled to speak at a think-tank organization on
Friday. He will hold a press conference at the end of his talks the
same day.
Bilateral military issues, Iraq, the terrorist Kurdistan Workers'
Party (PKK), the Middle East problem and the so-called Armenian
resolution are among the subjects that Buyukanit is expected to focus
on in Washington.