Anatolia News Agency, Turkey
Aug 23 2007
TURKISH PREMIER, ISRAELI PRESIDENT DISCUSS IMPORTANCE OF RELATIONS
Ankara, 23 August: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a
telephone conversation with President Shimon Peres of Israel.
President Peres called Prime Minister Erdogan on the phone and
congratulated him for the Justice and Development (AK) Party’s
success in the general elections.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Erdogan congratulated Peres who was elected
president.
President Peres highlighted the importance they attached to the
relations with Turkey.
Peres and Erdogan also exchanged views over recent developments in
the United States regarding the allegations of Armenian circles on
the incidents of 1915.