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    AKP MP MEETS US OFFICIAL IN DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION

    www.worldbulletin.net
    http://www.world bulletin.net/news_detail.php?id=27249
    Aug 27 2008
    Turkey

    Egemen Bagis, an MP from the ruling AKP, met Madeleine Albright,
    a former U.S. secretary of state and the chairperson of the Board
    of Directors of a think-tank named National Democratic Institute
    over breakfast.

    A Turkish parliamentarian had a meeting with a former U.S. secretary
    of state in the United States on Tuesday.

    Egemen Bagis, an MP from the ruling Justice & Development (AK) Party,
    met Madeleine Albright, a former U.S. secretary of state and the
    chairperson of the Board of Directors of a think-tank named National
    Democratic Institute (NDI), over breakfast.

    The NDI is an organization created by the United States government by
    way of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) to channel grants
    for furthering democracy in developing nations.

    Bagis is representing AK Party in a convention of the Democratic
    Party in Denver.

    Bagis and Albright discussed the crisis between Georgia and
    Russia, recent developments in Caucasus, energy security, Middle
    East peace process, Turkey's European Union (EU) membership bid,
    Turkish-U.S. relations and Armenian allegations regarding the incidents
    of 1915.

    During the meeting, Albrigt appreciated Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip
    Erdogan's efforts for world peace and underlined Erdogan's Caucasus
    Pact idea which could bring together the parties in a peaceful
    platform.

    Also, both Bagis and Albrigt reaffirmed importance of Turkey's role
    as a mediator between Israel and Syria.

    Bagis said that Albright, an influential person in the foreign policy
    team of Barrack Obama--the presidential candidate for Democratic
    Party, was one of the people in the United States who had perceived
    Turkey's importance.

    Therefore, Bagis requested that Albright should prevent initiatives
    that could harm relations in a possible Democrat Party administration,
    and that she should boost relations.

    Albright assured Bagis that she would continue to do her best to
    further improve Turkish-U.S. relations.

    Bagis also had talks with NDI President Kenneth Wollack, Georgia's
    Vice Premier Giorgi Baramidze, British parliamentarian Baroness Uddin,
    and Reinhard Butikofer of the Greens party in Germany.

    Albright is the first woman to become the U.S. Secretary of State. She
    was appointed by President Bill Clinton on December 5th, 1996 and
    was unanimously confirmed by the Senate 99-0. She was sworn in on
    January 23rd, 1997 and served as the secretary till January 20th, 2001.
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