ANKARA: US State Dept’s Fried To Visit Turkey This Week

US STATE DEPT’S FRIED TO VISIT TURKEY THIS WEEK

New Anatolian, Turkey
March 13 2006

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Europe Daniel Fried will visit
Turkey this week to discuss recent developments in the Caucasus.

The State Department has announced that Fried will come to Ankara on
Thursday, following his talks in Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia.

Fried will be in Baku today and will discuss bilateral and regional
issues and the Nagorno-Karabakh issue. He is also expected to urge
Baku to move forward with democratic reforms. The U.S. envoy will visit
Georgia tomorrow and will head to neighboring Armenia on Wednesday.

The U.S. diplomat will conclude his regional tour with his meetings
in Ankara on Friday.