PM MEETS WITH US SENATOR
IPR Strategic Business Information Database
June 2, 2005
According to “Star”, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan received
US Senator Chuck Hagel. Present also at the one-hour meeting were
Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul and US Deputy Commander for US Forces
in Europe Gen. Charles Wald. Bilateral relations, regional issues,
as well as the fight against terrorism and the Cyprus issue were
reportedly taken up during the talks. Hagel stated that US officials
were looking forward to Erdogan’ds planned US visit next week. In
addition, the Turkish premier praised President George W. Bush and the
US Congress’d recent stance against the Armenian genocide allegations.