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PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN MEETS WITH UN SECRETARY GENERAL IN NEW YORK
Today's Zaman
Sept 23 2009
Turkey
Turkey's premier held talks with the head official of the United
Nations (UN) in New York, USA on Tuesday.
The closed-door meeting between Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan
and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon took place at the UN HQ.
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, State Minister Ali Babacan,
State Minister and Chief Negotiator for EU talks Egemen BagıÅ~_,
Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek, Turkey's Permanent Representative to UN
Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan and Undersecretary for the Turkish Ministry
of Foreign Affairs Feridun Sinirlioglu attended the meeting as well.
Cyprus issue, climate change, Turkish-Armenian relations, Afghanistan,
the Middle East peace process and the situation in Gaza were on the
agenda of the meeting between Erdogan and Ban Ki-moon, the UN Press
Office said.
During the gathering, UN SG expressed his appreciation over Turkey's
support to UN Special Advisor on Cyprus Alexander Downer's efforts
in the island, moreover, he said that he was optimistic about the
ongoing negotiation process in Cyprus, the press office also said.
As part of his talks in New York, Erdogan met with Turkmen President
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow as well.
The two leaders discussed the bilateral relations between Turkey and
Turkmenistan, regional developments and energy issue during their
meeting, officials said.
Today's Zaman
Sept 23 2009
Turkey
Turkey's premier held talks with the head official of the United
Nations (UN) in New York, USA on Tuesday.
The closed-door meeting between Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan
and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon took place at the UN HQ.
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, State Minister Ali Babacan,
State Minister and Chief Negotiator for EU talks Egemen BagıÅ~_,
Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek, Turkey's Permanent Representative to UN
Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan and Undersecretary for the Turkish Ministry
of Foreign Affairs Feridun Sinirlioglu attended the meeting as well.
Cyprus issue, climate change, Turkish-Armenian relations, Afghanistan,
the Middle East peace process and the situation in Gaza were on the
agenda of the meeting between Erdogan and Ban Ki-moon, the UN Press
Office said.
During the gathering, UN SG expressed his appreciation over Turkey's
support to UN Special Advisor on Cyprus Alexander Downer's efforts
in the island, moreover, he said that he was optimistic about the
ongoing negotiation process in Cyprus, the press office also said.
As part of his talks in New York, Erdogan met with Turkmen President
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow as well.
The two leaders discussed the bilateral relations between Turkey and
Turkmenistan, regional developments and energy issue during their
meeting, officials said.