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US State Department preparing for Obama’s Visit to Turkey
10.03.2009 18:31 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ `US president Barack Obama’s scheduled visit to
Turkey is very important,’ Robert Wood, US State Department spokesman
reported.

As he says, at present the State Department is working out the details
for the visit. Turkey is an important ally, and we attach great
importance to president’s decision to visit Turkey.

He also added that Turkey might consider the mediating talks between
US and Iran, but it is still early to speak about it and I don’t want
to speculate as to what we might do. `A lot of it is going to depend
on Iran and its willingness to engage in the cooperation and to change
its attitude in a number of areas where we have certain concerns.’

Responding to a question on Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton’s
visit to Turkey, Wood said, "the Secretary had very good discussions
with officials of the Turkish Government.’