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ERDOGAN RECEIVES U.S. CONGRESS DELEGATION
Turkish Press
May 30 2007
ANKARA - Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan received on Monday members of
the U.S. Congress Turkey Working Group who are currently in Turkey
to hold a series of talks.
After the talks held at Erdogan`s office at the parliament, co-chairman
of the working group Edward Whitfield and U.S. Senator from Nebraska
Benjamin Nelson held a press conference.
Whitfield stated that Turkish public`s disappointment regarding the
PKK terrorism exported from Iraq, the general situation in Iraq,
the bill introduced to the U.S. Congress regarding the allegations on
so-called Armenian genocide and the prospective effects of such bill in
case of its adoption were the main issues discussed during the talks.
Moreover, Turkey`s EU membership process, France and Germany`s
prejudiced stances against this issue and unification of Cyprus were
also on the agenda of the meeting, Whitfield said.
Upon a question on his opinion regarding the possibility of Turkey`s
waging a cross-border operation to Iraq, Whitfield said that they
thought USA should take some concrete steps on the issue, however, they
did not encourage Turkey to carry out a military operation as well.
Replying to a question on whether the U.S. warplanes` violation of
Turkish airspace was discussed during the meeting, Senator Nelson
said that talks regarding such "violation" still continued and they
hoped the conflict could be solved in a positive way.
Turkey-U.S. Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group chairman Egemen
Bagis will host a dinner in honor of the guest delegation this evening.
The U.S. delegation, which is expected to proceed to Istanbul on
Tuesday, will depart from Turkey on Friday.
Turkish Press
May 30 2007
ANKARA - Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan received on Monday members of
the U.S. Congress Turkey Working Group who are currently in Turkey
to hold a series of talks.
After the talks held at Erdogan`s office at the parliament, co-chairman
of the working group Edward Whitfield and U.S. Senator from Nebraska
Benjamin Nelson held a press conference.
Whitfield stated that Turkish public`s disappointment regarding the
PKK terrorism exported from Iraq, the general situation in Iraq,
the bill introduced to the U.S. Congress regarding the allegations on
so-called Armenian genocide and the prospective effects of such bill in
case of its adoption were the main issues discussed during the talks.
Moreover, Turkey`s EU membership process, France and Germany`s
prejudiced stances against this issue and unification of Cyprus were
also on the agenda of the meeting, Whitfield said.
Upon a question on his opinion regarding the possibility of Turkey`s
waging a cross-border operation to Iraq, Whitfield said that they
thought USA should take some concrete steps on the issue, however, they
did not encourage Turkey to carry out a military operation as well.
Replying to a question on whether the U.S. warplanes` violation of
Turkish airspace was discussed during the meeting, Senator Nelson
said that talks regarding such "violation" still continued and they
hoped the conflict could be solved in a positive way.
Turkey-U.S. Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group chairman Egemen
Bagis will host a dinner in honor of the guest delegation this evening.
The U.S. delegation, which is expected to proceed to Istanbul on
Tuesday, will depart from Turkey on Friday.