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    Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
    Sept 1 2014

    ErdoÄ?an ready for first international appearance as president

    ANKARA


    President ErdoÄ?an is set for his first international appearance after
    taking office, including participation at the key NATO Summit in Wales
    and bilateral visits to Northern Cyprus and Azerbaijan. AA Photo

    President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄ?an is set for his first international
    appearances after taking office on Aug. 28, including participation at
    the key NATO Summit and bilateral visits to Northern Cyprus and
    Azerbaijan.

    ErdoÄ?an's itinerary this week begins with a one-day trip to Northern
    Cyprus, in line with the tradition followed by Turkish statesmen who
    come to office. He will meet Turkish Cypriot President DerviÅ? EroÄ?lu
    and other high ranking officials today, where he will reiterate
    Turkey's support to the ongoing reunification talks between Turkish
    and Greek Cypriots and will urge Greek Cypriots not to further delay
    the process.

    ErdoÄ?an's second trip abroad will be to Azerbaijan. He is expected to
    depart to Baku tomorrow and will meet with Azerbaijani President Ä°lham
    Aliyev the following day. Turkey and Azerbaijan have recently
    intensified economy and energy relations after Azerbaijan's state
    company SOCAR put billions of dollars of investments into Turkey. The
    two countries are currently working on the realization of a major
    pipeline project, the TANAP, to transport Azerbaijani natural gas to
    Europe via Turkey.

    The new president's visit to Baku will also touch on the
    Nagorno-Karabakh issue between Azerbaijan and Armenia, which also
    affects Ankara-Yerevan relations. Armenian Foreign Minister Edward
    Nalbandian was in Turkey last week to attend ErdoÄ?an's inauguration as
    president and used the venue as an opportunity to submit a letter of
    invitation to ErdoÄ?an for the next year's centennial anniversary of
    the mass killings of Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman Empire.
    Turkey has not yet responded to the invitation.

    ErdoÄ?an will then directly go to Wales from Baku to attend the NATO
    Summit on Sept. 4 and 5. ErdoÄ?an's team and the Foreign Ministry are
    still working on his program in Wales, especially on his possible
    bilateral meetings, including with U.S. President Barack Obama.

    In a recent televised interview, ErdoÄ?an said he would bring Israel's
    blockade on Gaza to the attention of the NATO Summit, while the
    ongoing NATO deployment of Patriot missiles in Turkish territories and
    the growing threat of the extremist jihadists will also be on the
    agenda of the Turkish delegation. The summit, however, is expected to
    prioritize the ongoing crisis between the alliance and Russia over
    Ukraine.

    September/01/2014

    http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/erdogan-ready-for-first-international-appearance-as-president.aspx?PageID=238&NID=71146&NewsCatID=510

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