AMSTERDAM - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Dutch capital Amsterdam early on Wednesday on a state visit.
Prime Minister Erdogan will be received by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands on Wednesday, and meet with Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende.
Erdogan and Balkenende will hold a joint news conference following talks between the delegations of the two countries.
Prime Minister Erdogan will receive Dutch Minister of Finance Gerrit Zalm and later proceed to Rotterdam to participate in Turkish-Dutch Business Forum meeting.
An agreement will be signed in Rotterdam for establishment of Trade and Investment Center under an agreement reached among Rotterdam Municipality, Harbor Administration, officials of Istanbul and Izmir Chambers of Trade.
Erdogan will later proceed to Amsterdam and leave for Brussels on June 17 to join EU Summit during which Ireland will hand over EU Term Presidency to the Netherlands.
State Minister Mehmet Aydin, State Minister Kursad Tuzmen, Prime Ministry and Ministry of Foreign Affairs bureaucrats, deputies, businessmen and press members are accompanying Prime Minister Erdogan.
(UK-AÖ) 16.06.2004