ANKARA - State Minister Kursad Tuzmen will convey the messages of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria to President Ahmet Necdet Sezer and General Staff Chief General Hilmi Ozkok on Tuesday.
Tuzmen paid an official visit to Syria between March 4 and 7, 2004 and held a tete-a-tete meeting with President al-Assad.
He conveyed President al-Assad's message to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan during yesterday's meeting of the Council of Ministers.
Tuzmen refrained to comment on content of the messages.
(UK-AÖ) 09.03.2004