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Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Turkey lifts visa rules for visitors from Yemen - The National

"Turkey lifts visa rules for visitors from Yemen

Thomas Seibert

ISTANBUL // Turkey signed an agreement lifting visa requirements with Yemen yesterday, the latest move in a systematic programme designed to boost trade and prestige for Ankara in the region and beyond.

'Just like Turks and Yemenites could visit and embrace each other without a visa in old times, both peoples will be able to visit each other with today's lifting of visa' requirements, Turkish media quoted Abdullah Gul, Turkey's president, as saying in Yemen yesterday."

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