Monday, January 04, 2010

Ankara nourishes an axis of influence with Abbas - The National Newspaper

"Ankara nourishes an axis of influence with Abbas

Thomas Seibert, Foreign Correspondent

ISTANBUL // For about 200 Turkish diplomats, the new year starts with an unprecedented experience. This week, foreign statesmen like Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, will address a meeting of ambassadors and other officials in Ankara designed to widen the horizon of the country’s diplomatic corps and prepare it for a foreign policy of “360 degrees”."

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