ANKARA, March 19 (A.A) - U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney will visit the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the Great Founder of modern and secular Republic of Turkey on Wednesday.
Cheney was earlier scheduled to visit the mausoleum on Tuesday.
Diplomatic sources told the A.A correspondent that Cheney's programme in Israel was still continuing, and added that he, therefore, would arrive in Turkey 40 minutes later than the schedule.
As a result, Cheney's visit to the mausoleum was postponed to Wednesday.
There has not been any change in schedule of other contacts of Cheney in Ankara.
He will meet with President Ahmet Necdet Sezer shortly after his arrival.
Later, Cheney will attend interdelegationary meetings to be presided by Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit.
The meeting will continue at a luncheon.
Cheney will come together with General Huseyin Kivrikoglu, the Chief of General Staff; Foreign Minister Ismail Cem; General Staff and Foreign Affairs Ministry officials.
Cheney is expected to depart from Turkey on Wednesday after holding a press conference and paying a visit to the mausoleum of Ataturk.