For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
January 9, 2004
President Bush to Welcome Turkish PM Erdogan
Statement by the Press Secretary
Visit by Prime Minister Erdogan of Turkey to Washington
President Bush will welcome Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
Erdogan to the White House on January 28, 2004. This visit will
provide an opportunity to deepen our strategic partnership with our
NATO ally, Turkey, on counterterrorism, Transatlantic relations, Iraq,
Afghanistan, Cyprus, Eurasia, the Greater Middle East, and economics
and trade. The meeting will occur at the start of an important year
for Turkey, during which the city of Istanbul will host NATO's Summit
in June.
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