ANKARA - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will pay a visit to the United States between January 25 and 30.
A statement of Prime Ministry Press Center said on Wednesday that Erdogan would fly from Ankara to New York on January 25.
Erdogan will meet with U.S. finance circles at breakfast on January 26.
Prime Minister Erdogan will deliver a speech on Turkish foreign policy in the 21st century in the meeting to be held by think-tank named Council on Foreign Relations and be presented with ''Profiles In Courage'' award in a luncheon to be hosted by American Jewish Committee.
Erdogan will receive Orthodox Church Patriarch Dimetrius, leading U.S. businessmen with Greek origin and officials of Federation of Turkish American Associations/Business Forum and Chamber of Commerce.
Prime Minister Erdogan will attend a dinner to be hosted in his honor on January 26.
Erdogan will proceed from New York to Washington on January 27.
Prime Minister Erdogan will attend luncheon to be hosted by Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) and Turkish American Business Council.
Erdogan will later participate in a conference on direct foreign investments and Turkey's economic development and separately receive representatives of Jewish organization and American Jewish leaders.
Prime Minister Erdogan will meet with U.S. President George Bush on January 28. The tete-a-tete meeting would start at 11.25 a.m.
After attending meeting between delegations and a working lunch at the White House, Erdogan will hold a press conference.
Erdogan will meet with World Bank President Wolfensohn, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Horst Koehler.
Prime Minister Erdogan will attend a reception to be hosted in his honor by Turkish Ambassador to the United States Faruk Logoglu.
Erdogan will partake in a breakfast hosted by U.S. Chamber of Commerce on January 29 and later deliver a speech on conservative democracy and globalization of freedom in American Enterprise Institute (AEI).
After addressing opening remarks of Congress of Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA) on January 30, Erdogan will return to Turkey.
(BRC) 21.01.2004