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    Agence France Presse
    March 19, 2010 Friday 8:42 PM GMT

    Turkish president wins international relations prize

    LONDON, March 19 2010


    Turkish President Abdullah Gul has won this year's prestigious Chatham
    House prize for improving international relations, the British foreign
    policy think-tank announced Friday.

    Gul was named for his work in deepening Turkey's traditional ties with
    the Middle East, his efforts to mediate between fractious groups in
    Iraq and for bringing together the Afghan and Pakistan leaderships
    during 2009.

    The think-tank also praised his efforts to reunify the divided island
    of Cyprus, his role in beginning the process of reconciliation between
    Turkey and Armenia and his work in bringing Turkey closer to the
    European Union.

    "President Gul is recognised for being a significant figure for
    reconciliation and moderation within Turkey and internationally, and a
    driving force behind many of the positive steps that Turkey has taken
    in recent years," it said.

    Chatham House, also known as the Royal Institute of International
    Affairs, awards the annual prize to the statesperson considered to
    have made the most significant contribution to improving international
    relations that year.

    Previous recipients are Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva,
    who won it last year, and John Kufuor, then president of Ghana, who
    won in 2008.

    Gul will be invited to London later this year to collect the award.
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