Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Notes from Erdogan-Obama meeting revealed - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

Notes from Erdogan-Obama meeting revealed

Courtesy of my high-level friends in the White House, I have obtained the authentic notes used to write the one-paragraph official statement issued after the Obama-Erdogan meeting. It is a common practice to keep minutes for such occasions, written informally without worrying about rules, for internal use of the institution. Only when it is time for an official statement are those minutes "translated" to diplomatic language, encoded in a way. Now I will first tell you about the informally written authentic minutes and notes and at the end will quote the official statement that was issued.

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