ANKARA - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomed Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri with an official ceremony at Prime Ministry on Wednesday.
Turkish Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul, State Minister Kursad Tuzmen, Public Works and Settlement Minister Zeki Ergezen and Culture and Tourism Minister Erkan Mumcu also attended the ceremony.
Lebanese Prime Minister Hariri and Erdogan will hold a joint press conference following their tete-a-tete meeting and meetings between Turkish and Lebanese delegations.
Hariri will be received by Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer and attend a dinner hosted in his honor by Erdogan.
(GC-AÖ) 12.05.2004