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ERDOGAN EXPANDS HIS ARAB TOUR
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 8, 2011 - 11:10 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdošan has
decided to expand the scope of a visit to Egypt and added Tunisia
and Libya to the itinerary of his trip, which will take place next
week at a time of increasing regional tensions.
"The prime minister had already announced his intention to visit
these countries. He eventually decided to visit the three countries
where the Arab Spring took place," Today's Zaman quoted diplomatic
sources as saying.
No statement was released after the coordination meeting between the
top Turkish officials, with diplomatic sources saying that all of
those ministers were expected to accompany Erdošan during the first
leg of his tour, which will be Egypt.
"The visit to Egypt had to be postponed a few times because of the
political situation in Egypt," the same sources highlighted, in an
apparent effort to rule out a direct link between the timing of the
visit and the escalating tension with Israel.
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 8, 2011 - 11:10 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdošan has
decided to expand the scope of a visit to Egypt and added Tunisia
and Libya to the itinerary of his trip, which will take place next
week at a time of increasing regional tensions.
"The prime minister had already announced his intention to visit
these countries. He eventually decided to visit the three countries
where the Arab Spring took place," Today's Zaman quoted diplomatic
sources as saying.
No statement was released after the coordination meeting between the
top Turkish officials, with diplomatic sources saying that all of
those ministers were expected to accompany Erdošan during the first
leg of his tour, which will be Egypt.
"The visit to Egypt had to be postponed a few times because of the
political situation in Egypt," the same sources highlighted, in an
apparent effort to rule out a direct link between the timing of the
visit and the escalating tension with Israel.