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    MarketWatch (press release)
    March 7 2009


    Clinton in Turkey

    Mar 07, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) -- ANKARA, Turkey, March 7 (UPI) --
    U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Saturday that President
    Barack Obama will visit Turkey within the month.

    Speaking to Turkish officials Saturday on an official visit to Ankara,
    Clinton said Obama would pay a call to the nation before March was
    over in order to "emphasize the work the United States and Turkey must
    do together on behalf of peace, prosperity and progress," CNN
    reported.

    Clinton met early Saturday with Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan
    and Foreign Minister Ali Babacan and had a meeting scheduled with
    President Abdullah Gul, the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet reported.

    One topic of discussion was Turkey's announced willingness to allow
    U.S. troops to use the country's ports as exit routes for military
    units pulling out of Iraq, the newspaper said.

    Also on the agenda for Clinton's trip to Ankara were discussions about
    Turkey's fight against the separatist group and terror organization
    the Kurdistan Workers' Party as well as France's decision to rejoin
    the military wing of NATO, officials said.

    Clinton and Turkish officials also planned discussions about the
    Middle East situation as well as moves in the U.S. Congress attempts
    to have the United States recognize Armenian claims of genocide
    against Turkey stemming from actions taken by the Ottoman Empire in
    1915, Hurriyet reported.

    http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/u pi-newstrack-topnews/story.aspx?guid=%7BD534615B-C 43E-4DC6-AFCD-BAB1525AC0A4%7D&dist=msr_1

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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