Cumhuriyet, Turkey
June 29 2004
GUL HOLDS BILATERAL MEETINGS WITH WORLD LEADERS
Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul yesterday held bilateral meetings with
several leaders attending the current NATO summit in Istanbul. In
talks with his British counterpart, Gul urged Jack Straw to lend
support to end the international isolation of the Turkish Republic of
Northern Cyprus (TRNC). Gul also called on Britain to begin direct
flight to the TRNC soon. For his part, Straw said that both the
European Union and Britain had been working seriously on the matter.
Furthermore, the Turkish foreign minister also met with his
Macedonian, Azerbaijani and Armenian counterparts. /Cumhuriyet/