TURKISH BUSINESSMEN TO ISSUE REPORT ON "NEW PERIOD" IN RELATIONS WITH USA

Anadolu Agency
April 9 2009
Turkey

Istanbul, 9 April: The Association of Turkish Industrialists and
Businessmen (Tusiad) will present a report in the United States
discussing new period of Turkish-US relations.

Tusiad issued a report and said a Tusiad delegation led by Chairwoman
Arzuhan Dogan Yalcindag would visit Washington, DC, and New York
between 13 and 15 April to hold several talks.

The Tusiad delegation will organize a seminar and introduce the report
titled, "Restructuring of the alliance: New period in Turkish-US
relation – Turkey perspective".

Tusiad statement said the report includes Turkey’s EU process,
Middle East problem, regional security perspective, Armenian problem,
Eurasia and energy policies, as well as economic relations and proposes
tangible policies.

The statement said Tusiad delegation would meet with the former US
secretary of state, Madeleine Albright, IMF First Deputy Managing
Director John Lipsky, executives of US State Department and National
Security Council, and executives of important think-tank organizations
of the United States, like Brookings Institute and German Marshall
Fund.

The parties are expected to assess recent political and economic
developments, Armenian problem and regional matters, according to
the statement.

The Tusiad delegation, during talks in New York, will exchange views
on economy matters with the representatives of US business world and
financial sector.