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    Focus News Agency, Bulgaria
    March 7 2009


    Clinton's visit in Turkey /RÐ?UNDUP/

    7 March 2009 | 18:54 | FOCUS News Agency


    Ankara. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Ankara
    early on Saturday for a working visit in which the use of Turkish
    ports by the American forces, Atlantic cooperation, and Armenian
    claims regarding 1915 incidents will top the agenda, Hurriyet writes
    today.
    Clinton met with Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign
    Minister Ali Babacan early in the morning and scheduled to meet with
    President Abdullah Gul later on the day.
    Clinton and Babacan held a joint press meeting at 1.30 p.m. (GMT
    1030).
    The use of Turkish ports by the U.S. forces during withdrawal from
    Iraq, fight against the terror organization PKK, France's decision to
    rejoin the military wing of NATO, the situation in the Middle East and
    attempts to have the U.S. Congress recognize the Armenian claims
    regarding the 1915 incidents are expected to be discussed during the
    Secretary of State's visit.
    Leaders of diplomatic mission of the two countries pointed they will
    work together for increase of energy security and widening of south
    corridor for infrastructure for natural gas and oil. Thus the
    producers of energy sources from the Caspian Basin and Iraq will reach
    European and world markets.
    Turkey and US said they will continue to co-operate with Afghanistan.
    Turkey is ready to resume co-operation in negotiations between Israel
    and Syria. This is what Turkey Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Babacna
    said at a press conference with American Secretary of State Hillary
    Clinton.
    `We are ready to resume the negotiations if there is such a proposal
    from both countries,' Turkish diplomat said.
    He said representatives of Israel and Syria had four circles of
    negotiations in Turkey but they were frozen in reference to the
    military offensive of Israel army in Gaza Strip.
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