Foreign Ministry Officials Brief A.K. Party On Foreign Policy

ANKARA - Secretary General for the European Union (EU) Volkan Vural and other Foreign Ministry officials briefed on Wednesday Justice and Development Party (AK Party) leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other party administrators on foreign policy.
Besides Vural, Deputy Secretary General for the EU Volkan Bozkir, Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Ugur Ziyal, Deputy Undersecretary for Relations with the United States Baki Ilkin, Deputy Undersecretary for Relations with the EU Akin Alptuna, Director General of Cyprus Department Ertugrul Apakan, and Director General for the Middle East Department Tahsin Burcuoglu attended the briefing that lasted almost two hours.
AK Party members were informed about the methods to be pursued in relations with the EU and other relevant issues and also Cyprus, Middle East and relations with the United States were taken up at the meeting.
The Foreign Ministry personnel did not make any statement when departing the party headquarters.