U.S. Vice President Cheney Due To Turkey

WASHINGTON D.C., Feb 7 (A.A) - U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney will visit also Britain and Turkey during his Middle Eastern countries tour including Israel in mid-March.
U.S. administration officials said that Cheney's visits would focus on meetings with government leaders on the phases of United States' fight against terrorism after Afghanistan.
Cheney's assistant Mary Matalin told reporters that Cheney who knew the region well and had had professional and personal relations with the region for a long time would have meetings within framework of mutual interests, particularly on campaign against terrorism and regional security issues.
Cheney was planning to visit Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain and United Arab Emirates, sources said.
U.S. administration officials said that Cheney would not meet with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat although he would visit Israel, adding that Cheney would also visit Britain and Turkey which had made great contributions to war in Afghanistan.