Gul's Visit To Washington

WASHINGTON D.C. - Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul will come to Washington D.C. as the guest of U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell on Tuesday.
Gul is expected to meet with U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, National Security Adviser of U.S. President Condoleezza Rice and U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.
Gul is also expected to meet with members of U.S. Congress and address the think tank ''Washington Institute.''
Sources in Washington D.C. said that issues of cooperation in Iraq, reconstruction of Iraq, contribution of Turkey to the stability force, terrorist organization PKK/KADEK, and Cyprus were on the agenda of Gul. The detention of Turkish soldiers by U.S. forces in Sulaymaniyah will probably be taken up during Gul's contacts.
Foreign Minister Gul is expected to wrap up his contacts in Washington D.C. on Friday.
(Öª-AÖ) 21.07.2003