Obama ‘to address Muslims in Ankara’

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Sat, 07 Mar 2009 18:35:47 GMT

President Barack Obama plans to visit Turkey in the next few weeks.
US President Barack Obama has selected Ankara to address Muslim world
within the first hundred days of his presidency, says an official.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said during her visit to Ankara that
President Obama plans to visit Turkey in about a month.

A senior Obama administration official on Saturday confirmed that
Turkey will be the president’s first visit to a Muslim nation since
taking office.

"It will also provide an opportunity to continue the president’s
dialogue with the Muslim world, a dialogue he started immediately and
intends to maintain throughout his presidency," the official was quoted
as saying by CNN.

During his presidential campaign, the young president had promised to
deliver a speech in a Muslim capital.

In his inauguration day address, Obama stood by his promise, saying,
"To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual
interest and mutual respect."

Obama is already due to be in Europe in the first days of April for G20
and NATO summits.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress