"George Mitchell Visits Ankara Ahead of Gaza Reconstruction Summit, Mends Fences with Turkey
Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 6 Issue: 40
March 2, 2009 01:06 PM Age: 2 hrs
Category: Eurasia Daily Monitor, Turkey, Foreign Policy, Home Page
By: Saban Kardas
On February 25 and 26 George Mitchell, President Barack Obama's special envoy to the Middle East, visited the Turkish capital of Ankara on his second tour of the region to discuss the future of peace initiatives in the area. Mitchell's visit is to be followed up by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's trip to a Gaza donors' conference in Egypt on March 2. Mitchell held meetings with Turkish officials, including President Abdullah Gul, Prime Minster Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Foreign Minister Ali Babacan, and discussed Turkey's contributions to the peace process, as well as bilateral issues between Turkey and the United States."
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