Turkish Foreign Ministry: Any Delay In Putin's Visit To Turkey Is Out Of Question

ANKARA - ''Any delay in Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Turkey is out of question,'' Turkish Foreign Ministry Spokesman Namik Tan said on Wednesday.
Asked if any delay was in question in Putin's visit in connection with the hostage taking in North Ossetia, Tan told a weekly press conference that any delay was out of question.
Putin cut short a holiday in the Black Sea resort of Sochi and returned hurriedly to Moscow after the attack on a school in North Ossetia where hundreds of people were taken hostage.
Putin met Russian Interior Minister and security officials.
(AY-ULG) 01.09.2004