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  • ANKARA: Turkish President to Hold Bilateral Talks With NATO Leaders

    Daily Sabah, Turkey
    Sept 3 2014




    TURKISH PRESIDENT TO HOLD BILATERAL TALKS WITH NATO LEADERS

    Daily Sabah

    ISTANBUL ' The two-day 2014 NATO summit taking place in
    Newport/Cardiff, Wales, commenced today with international leaders
    expected to evaluate recent developments and provide strategic
    direction for the 28-member alliance at the gathering. While
    developments in Ukraine, Iraq and Syria are expected to dominate the
    talks, it is anticipated that the alliance will have its most crucial
    meeting since the end of the Cold War.

    At the summit, President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄ?an will represent Turkey
    and, on the sidelines of the summit, ErdoÄ?an is expected to meet with
    leaders including U.S. President Barack Obama, U.K. Prime Minister
    David Cameron, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and NATO
    Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. President ErdoÄ?an is also
    expected to meet with Prince Charles during his the first NATO summit
    as president.

    During his meeting with Obama, the two leaders are expected to
    evaluate the latest developments in Ukraine, Syria, Iraq and the
    Palestinian issue. White House sources have recently stated that
    President Barack Obama is expected to piece together an international
    coalition to address the ISIS threat. British Prime Minister David
    Cameron also announced last week that the U.K. has raised its terror
    threat level to "severe" in response to ISIS advances and fear of
    attacks by returning ISIS fighters.

    It is anticipated that Turkey's contribution to addressing the ISIS
    threat will be one of the major issues during ErdoÄ?an's bilateral
    meetings with President Obama and Prime Minister Cameron. The German,
    U.S. and U.K.'s intelligence agencies allegation of surveillance on
    Turkey to gather information on classified issues will also be
    discussed by President ErdoÄ?an. "The NATO summit and the U.N.

    General Assembly will be held in the upcoming weeks. We will talk
    [about] these issue as leaders." ErdoÄ?an recently said.President
    ErdoÄ?an will also meet with Greek Prime Minister Samaras and both
    leaders are expected to evaluate the current state of Cyprus peace
    talks.

    During his visit to Turkish Northern Cyprus, ErdoÄ?an suggested a
    twostate solution on the divided island. "It is not possible for us to
    reach any agreement that is not based on a two-state solution, Greece
    and the Greek Cypriots should demonstrate the same goodwill," ErdoÄ?an
    said.

    The Nagorno-Karabakh issue, which is the subject of an intense,
    longstanding political dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia, will
    also be on the agenda for ErdoÄ?an during his meeting in the NATO
    submit. President ErdoÄ?an is also expected to meet with the President
    of the European Council, Herman Von Rompuy, and it is anticipated that
    the Turkey-EU negotiation and EU Commission's Progress Report are also
    to be discussed. NATO sources stated that the summit has five main
    priorities including: the Crisis in Ukraine and NATO's relationship
    with Russia, the instability in Syria and Iraq as well as
    Afghanistan's future, tackling new threats including the threat posed
    by extremists, regional conflicts or cyber attacks, strengthening
    support for NATO armed forces and strengthening partnerships.

    http://www.dailysabah.com/politics/2014/09/03/turkish-president-to-hold-bilateral-talks-with-nato-leaders

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