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.