BERLIN - Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc arrived in German capital Berlin late on Sunday on a five-day official visit as the guest of German Federal Parliament Speaker Wolfgang Thierse.
Deputy Parliament Speaker Nevzat Pakdil, Justice and Development Party (AK Party) deputies Mehmet Danis, Ibrahim Hakki Askar, and Republican People's Party (CHP) deputies Ahmet Kucuk and Huseyin Bayindir are accompanying Arinc.
He will meet with Thierse on June 14.
Arinc will be received by President Johannes Rau of Germany the same day. Later, he will meet with Berlin State Parliament Speaker Walter Momper.
On June 15, Arinc will meet with CDU/CSU Federal Parliamentary Group Chairman Angel Merkel, Union 90/Greens Federal Parliamentary Group Chairperson Krista Sager and Federal Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Commission Chairman Volker Ruhe.
Arinc will meet with Berlin State Prime Minister and Mayor Klaus Wowereit on June 16.
He is scheduled to meet with North Rhine Westphalia State Prime Minister Steinbruck in Germany on June 17.
Arinc is expected to return to Turkey on June 18.
(UK-AÖ) 14.06.2004