Bush to receive Turkish prime minister Erdogan June 8

WASHINGTON - US President George W. Bush is to receive Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on June 8, the White House announced Tuesday.
"This meeting will provide an opportunity to invigorate US-Turkish cooperation with respect to Turkeys European Union aspirations, and to strengthen our work together to advance freedom in Iraq and the broader Middle East, Central Asia and the Caucasus," said a White House statement.

05/24/2005 15:41 GMT