Philip Gordon urged Ankara to act "in consistence" with US’ and
Europe’s attitude on Sudan
07.11.2009 17:48 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ A senior U.S. diplomat urged Turkey on Friday to act
"in consistence" with United States’ and Europe’s attitude on Sudan.
"What we hope is that Turkey’s message with the Sudanese government is
consistent with ours and with our European friends’," said Philip
Gordon, State Department’s assistant secretary for European and
Eurasian Affairs, during a press briefing at the Foreign Press Center
in Washington.
Gordon was responding to a question on Sudanese President Omar
al-Bashir’s prospective visit Turkey for an international meeting in
Istanbul. Al-Bashir is expected to participate in a meeting of the
Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) of
the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) in Turkey, Anatolian
News agency reported.