SENIOR US OFFICIAL TO HOLD TALKS IN TURKISH CAPITAL
Feb 17 2010
Turkey
Burns is expected to be received by Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet
Davutoglu on Thursday afternoon.
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.
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 program,
a resolution to be brought onto the agenda of the U.S. 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 U.S. will be discussed.
A high volume of talks have been taking place between Turkey and the
U.S. in the past week.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with the U.S.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Doha, Qatar last weekend as
part of the "U.S.-Islamic World Forum".
Ambassador Sinirlioglu held talks in Washington, D.C. recently.