U.S. President Bush Hosts Dinner For Start Of Ramadan

WASHINGTON D.C. - U.S. President George Bush hosted a dinner in White House on Thursday for the beginning of Ramadan month in which ambassadors of Muslim countries and representatives of these countries participated.
Turkish Ambassador to the U.S. Faruk Logoglu who was invited to the dinner, sat next to President Bush.
Executive Director of Assembly of Turkish-American Associations Guler Koknar was also invited to the dinner. Representatives of Iraq, Iran and Libya didn't accept the invitation. Anadolu Agency was the only institution which was invited to the White House to cover the dinner.
Addressing the dinner, Bush said that ''the U.S. attributes importance to the friendship of Muslim countries and we want to thank many Muslim countries which support us in fight with terrorism and which suffered from terrorism themselves.''
White House, which attributes special importance to relations with Muslim societies, will also issue stamps for Ramadan and Feast of Sacrifice.