Erdogan Meets With Prime Minister Koizumi Of Japan

TOKYO - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is currently paying an official visit to Japan, has met with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
Sources told the A.A correspondent on Monday that Turkish State Minister Ali Babacan, Turkish Health Minister Recep Akdag, Turkish Transportation Minister Binali Yildirim, Turkish Culture and Tourism Minister Erkan Mumcu, Justice and Development Party (AK Party) deputy chairmen Saban Disli and Reha Denemec, Prime Minister Erdogan's advisor for political affairs Omer Celik, AK Party deputy Egemen Bagis, Turkish-Japanese Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group Chairman Mevlut Cavusoglu, Turkish Ambassador to Japan Solmaz Unaydin, and some Japanese ministers were also in attendance at the meeting.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Erdogan met with Itochu Company CEO Uichiro Niwa and Ishikawajima Harima Industry Company Chairman Mototsugu Ito prior to his meeting with Prime Minister Koizumi.
(UK-AY) 12.04.2004