ANKARA - Turkish Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc will pay an official visit to Syria between April 7 and 10, 2004 as the guest of Syrian Parliament Speaker Mahmoud al-Arbash.
Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Deputy Group Chairman Sadullah Ergin, AK Party deputy Enver Yilmaz, AK Party deputy Mahmut Kaplan and Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy Kemal Demirel will accompany Arinc during his visit to Syria.
On the first day of his visit to Syria, Arinc will meet with Syrian Parliament Speaker al-Arbash.
Later, Turkish and Syrian delegations will hold talks.
After paying a visit to Syrian Prime Minister Naji al-Utri, Arinc will partake in a banquet to be hosted in his honor by al-Arbash.
On April 8, Arinc will be received by President Bashar al-Assad of Syria.
Arinc will proceed to Aleppo on April 10.
Arinc and the accompanying delegation are expected to return to Turkey on April 10.
(UK-AY) 05.04.2004