TURKEY: CHIEF OF GENERAL STAFF MEETS WITH US VICE PRESIDENT, NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER
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Published: Feb 19, 2007
According to Cumhuriyet, Chief of General Staff Gen. Yasar Buyukanit,
currently in Washington for an official visit, met separately with US
Vice President Dick Cheney and US National Security Adviser Stephen
Hadley to discuss a number of issues, including the Armenian resolution
before the US Congress. Speaking afterwards, Buyukanit said that
he had seen that the US administration is determined against the
resolution. Buyukanit said that his meeting with Congressman Tom
Lantos, chairman of the House Foreign Relations Committee, had been
postponed due to weather, but that they would meet later. Asked about
the US administration’s stance on the fight against the terrorist PKK,
Buyukanit stated that he had seen that Washington is determined in
this fight.