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SECRETARY OF STATE KERRY SET FOR NEW TURKEY TOUR
12:40 ~U 03.04.13
US Secretary of State John Kerry is expected to visit Turkey this
week as part of a trip to Western Europe and Asia to consult allies
on issues including Syria's civil war, Reuters reported, citing a
Turkish official.
Washington regards Turkey, which shares a 900 km (560-mile) border
with Syria, as a pivotal player in backing the Syrian opposition and
planning for an era after Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
"Mr Kerry will visit Turkey. The date is not clear yet but possibly it
will take place either on Friday or on Saturday," said the official,
who declined to be named. The US State Department was not immediately
available to comment.
A month ago, on his first visit to Turkey since taking office, Kerry
criticized Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan for a comment likening
Zionism to crimes against humanity, a spat that cast a shadow over
talks between the NATO allies.
US President Barack Obama brokered a tentative reconciliation between
Turkey and Israel during a trip to Israel a few weeks later. Israel
bowed to a long-standing demand by Ankara, once a close strategic
partner, to formally apologize for the killing of nine Turkish citizens
in a 2010 naval raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla.
Armenian News - Tert.am
12:40 ~U 03.04.13
US Secretary of State John Kerry is expected to visit Turkey this
week as part of a trip to Western Europe and Asia to consult allies
on issues including Syria's civil war, Reuters reported, citing a
Turkish official.
Washington regards Turkey, which shares a 900 km (560-mile) border
with Syria, as a pivotal player in backing the Syrian opposition and
planning for an era after Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
"Mr Kerry will visit Turkey. The date is not clear yet but possibly it
will take place either on Friday or on Saturday," said the official,
who declined to be named. The US State Department was not immediately
available to comment.
A month ago, on his first visit to Turkey since taking office, Kerry
criticized Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan for a comment likening
Zionism to crimes against humanity, a spat that cast a shadow over
talks between the NATO allies.
US President Barack Obama brokered a tentative reconciliation between
Turkey and Israel during a trip to Israel a few weeks later. Israel
bowed to a long-standing demand by Ankara, once a close strategic
partner, to formally apologize for the killing of nine Turkish citizens
in a 2010 naval raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla.
Armenian News - Tert.am