ANKARA - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan departed on Friday for Abu Dhabi to attend the annual meetings of the Institute of International Finance.
State Minister Kursad Tuzmen, Finance Minister Kemal Unakitan and some deputies also left for Abu Dhabi with Erdogan.
Erdogan will attend a luncheon to be hosted in his honor by Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Sultan bin Zayid al-Nuhayyan of United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Saturday.
Erdogan will later meet with Crown Prince Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayid.
Proceeding from Abu Dhabi to Dubai, Erdogan will meet with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Horst Koehler.
Erdogan will attend the dinner of Institute of International Finance on Saturday evening.
(GC-AÖ) 19.09.2003