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    TURKISH PM SET TO VISIT FRANCE

    armradio.am
    05.04.2010 12:09

    Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to visit Paris on
    April 6 and 7 for the closing ceremony of "Turkey Season" events in
    France. Operations against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party,
    or PKK, will be on the top of the Turkish prime minister's agenda
    which includes political, economical, social and cultural issues.

    Erdogan will hold high level talks with President Nicholas Sarkozy,
    Prime Minister Francois Fillon, Senate President Gerard Larcher and
    Parliament Speaker Bernard Accoyer among others during his official
    visit.

    Turkey's EU accession process and bilateral economic relations are
    on the agenda, too.

    However, a number of political debates took place before and during
    the 10-month long event because of Sarkozy's anti-Turkey political
    line. Turkish President Abdullah Gul and Prime Minister Erdogan came
    to edge of canceling the events while France titled this project
    "Turkey Season" instead of "Turkey Year." The "Turkey Season" was
    launched in June 2009, but the official opening ceremony took place
    in October 2009 with participation of Gul.

    Meanwhile, the French Foreign Ministry released a statement Friday
    saying that new cooperation projects in the fields of transportation,
    energy and infrastructure would be taken up during the visit.

    The statement also noted that the visit would enable matters related
    to Afghanistan, the Middle East and Iran to be taken up. "France's
    support for the normalization process between Turkey and Armenia will
    be affirmed," the statement read.
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