ANKARA (A.A) - 26.04.2002 - Foreign Minister Ismail Cem returned to Ankara late on Thursday after wrapping up his two-day visit to the Middle East together with his Greek counterpart George Papandreou.
Cem was welcomed at Ankara's Esenboga Airport by Palestinian Ambassador to Turkey Fouad Yaseen and Israeli Ambassador to Turkey David Sultan.
During their visits to Jerusalem, Ramallah and Tel Aviv, Cem and Papandreou met Palestinian Head of State Yasser Arafat, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Arafat's Chief Negotiator Saib Erakat and many Israeli and Palestinian officials.