TURKISH, US OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS IRAN, ARMENIA, INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

Anadolu Agency
Feb 17 2010
Turkey

Ankara, 17 February: The undersecretary of the United States Department
of State, William Burns, will hold talks in Turkish capital province
of Ankara as part of his regional tour on Thursday [18 February].

Sources said that Burns will proceed to Turkey from Syria.

William Burns will firstly visit the Turkish General Staff and hold
talks with the undersecretary of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign
Affairs (MFA), Ambassador Feridun Sinirlioglu.

Burns is expected to be received by Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet
Davutoglu on Thursday afternoon.

During Burns’s talks in Ankara, issues such as Iran’s nuclear
programme, a resolution to be brought onto the agenda of the US House
of Representatives on the incidents of 1915 later in March and the
protocols signed by Turkey and Armenia, regional and international
issues pertaining to Turkey and the USA will be discussed.

A high volume of talks have been taking place between Turkey and the
USA in the past week.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with the US secretary
of state, Hillary Clinton, in Doha, Qatar, last weekend as part of the
"US-Islamic World Forum".

Ambassador Sinirlioglu held talks in Washington, DC, recently.