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Anadolu Agency: News in English, 02-06-25
CONTENTS
[01] FOREIGN MINISTER CEM SAYS HIS MEETING WITH PAPANDREOU WAS
[02] GREEK MINISTER OF DEVELOPMENT SAYS THEY WANT TO GET CLOSER TO EACH
[03] PRESIDENT SEZER: ''TURKEY WILL BECOME A TRANSIT COUNTRY IN
[04] CAKAN SAYS TURKEY'S GOAL IS TO COMPLETE EAST-WEST ENERGY CORRIDOR
[05] SEZER SAYS PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT SHOULD BE A PRIORITY DURING
[06] U.S. PRESIDENT BUSH SENDS LETTER TO PREMIER ECEVIT
[07] CLINTON TO COME TO TURKEY IN JULY
[08] BARANCZAK FROM POLISH EMBASSY VISITS GAZIANTEP TRADE CHAMBER
[09] YILMAZ SAYS COPENHAGEN POLITICAL CRITERIA ARE NOT CONDITIONS
[10] PRESIDENT SEZER HOSTS LUNCH FOR THE PARTICIPANTS OF SUMMIT
[11] TRNC FOREIGN MINISTRY STRESSES THAT YIGITLER-PILE ROAD WILL NOT BE
[12] PAPANDREOU:''I HOPE ALL BSEC COUNTRIES END UP JOINING THE EU''
[13] MEIDANI SAYS COOPERATION AMONG BSEC MEMBERS IS FACTOR WHICH WILL
[14] TURKISH-SWISS BUSINESS COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD IN ZURICH
[15] ILIESCU SAYS IT IS TIME TO TAKE UP SPECIFIC PROBLEMS IN
[16] YILMAZ ADDRESSES CONFERENCE ON ''PROGRESS TOWARD EU MEMBERSHIP''
[17] ALIYEV: ''BAKU-TBILISI-CEYHAN PIPELINE PROJECT REACHED LAST
[18] DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER BAHCELI SAYS THEIR FUNDAMENTAL POINT OF VIEW
[19] NINE DSP DEPUTIES SAY DSP SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO ON WITHOUT ECEVIT
[20] U.S. CONGRESS FOCUSES ON QUALIFIED INDUSTRY ZONES IN TURKEY
[21] FOREIGN MINISTER CEM MEETS WITH ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER OSKANYAN
[22] DENKTAS: ''WE ARE DISCUSSING PRINCIPLE OF SOVEREIGNTY''
[23] PRESIDENT SEZER:''TURKEY WHICH SUFFERED A LOT FROM TERRORISM
[24] BSEC EXTRAORDINARY SUMMIT MEETING STARTS
[25] BULGARIAN PRESIDENT PURVANOV, ALBANIAN PRESIDENT MEIDANI AND GREEK
[26] FIRST TURKISH ART GALLERY IN NEW YORK TO OPEN BRANCH IN ISTANBUL
[27] MINIMUM WAGE FIXING COMMISSION'S MEETING POSTPONED TO WEDNESDAY
[01] FOREIGN MINISTER CEM SAYS HIS MEETING WITH PAPANDREOU WAS
CONSTRUCTIVE
ISTANBUL - Foreign Minister Ismail Cem said on Tuesday that his meeting
with his Greek counterpart George Papandreou was constructive.
[02] GREEK MINISTER OF DEVELOPMENT SAYS THEY WANT TO GET CLOSER TO EACH
OTHER IN CASPIAN BASIN BECAUSE CASPIAN SEA IS NEW ENERGY CENTER OF
WORLD
ISTANBUL - Greek Minister of Development Apostolos-Athanasios
Tsokhatzopoulos said on Tuesday that they wanted to get closer to each
other in the Caspian Basin because the Caspian Sea was the new energy
center of the world.
[03] PRESIDENT SEZER: ''TURKEY WILL BECOME A TRANSIT COUNTRY IN
PROVIDING GAS TO SOUTHERN EUROPE IN A SHORT TIME''
ISTANBUL - President Ahmet Necdet Sezer said on Tuesday that Turkey
would become a transit country in providing gas to Southern Europe in a
short time.
[04] CAKAN SAYS TURKEY'S GOAL IS TO COMPLETE EAST-WEST ENERGY CORRIDOR
AND FINANCIALLY HELP CASPIAN REGION
ISTANBUL - Energy and Natural Sources Minister Zeki Cakan stated
Tuesday that Turkey supported the transportation of Caspian oil and
natural gas to Western markets and added that Turkey's goal was to
complete the East-West energy corridor as soon as possible and help to
bring stability and prosperity to the Caucasian region.
[05] SEZER SAYS PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT SHOULD BE A PRIORITY DURING
TRANSPORTATION OF OIL AND NATURAL GAS TO WESTERN MARKETS
ISTANBUL - ISTANBUL (A.A) - President Ahmet Necdet Sezer has emphasized
that protection of environment and cultural properties should be a
priority during the transportation of energy sources from producer
countries to consumer countries.
[06] U.S. PRESIDENT BUSH SENDS LETTER TO PREMIER ECEVIT
ANKARA - The U.S. President George W. Bush on Tuesday sent a letter to
Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit and expressed the gratitude of his country
for Turkey over its bold decision to take over the command of
International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Kab
[07] CLINTON TO COME TO TURKEY IN JULY
ISTANBUL - Former U.S. President William Jefferson Clinton will come to
Turkey next month as the guest of Turkish-American Business Association
(TABA AmCham).
[08] BARANCZAK FROM POLISH EMBASSY VISITS GAZIANTEP TRADE CHAMBER
GAZIANTEP - Trade Undersecretary of the Polish Embassy in Ankara
Jaroslaw Baranczak has said that Turkey and Poland should develop the
commercial activity between their countries.
[09] YILMAZ SAYS COPENHAGEN POLITICAL CRITERIA ARE NOT CONDITIONS
CREATED ONLY FOR TURKEY
BRUSSELS - State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz said
on Tuesday that the Copenhagen political criteria were not conditions
that were created for Turkey or imposed on Turkey, adding that it is a
system of values which defines a large European geography.
[10] PRESIDENT SEZER HOSTS LUNCH FOR THE PARTICIPANTS OF SUMMIT
ISTANBUL - President Ahmet Necdet Sezer said on Tuesday that Black Sea
Economic Cooperation (BSEC) process made contribution to the softening
of the political atmosphere in the region in the past 10 years,
stressing that it also helped the problems to be discussed with a
peaceful understanding.
[11] TRNC FOREIGN MINISTRY STRESSES THAT YIGITLER-PILE ROAD WILL NOT BE
USED FOR MILITARY PURPOSES
LEFKOSA - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Foreign and
Defense Ministry declared on Tuesday that they were surprised by the
attitude of the Greek Cypriot Administration and the UN Peace Keeping
Force regarding the construction works to widen Yigitler-Pile road.
[12] PAPANDREOU:''I HOPE ALL BSEC COUNTRIES END UP JOINING THE EU''
ISTANBUL - Greek Foreign Minister George Papandreou has said that he
hoped all Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) countries would join
the EU one day.
[13] MEIDANI SAYS COOPERATION AMONG BSEC MEMBERS IS FACTOR WHICH WILL
MAKE BIGGEST CONTRIBUTION TO REGIONAL PEACE, STABILITY AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
ISTANBUL - Albanian President Rexhep Meidani said on Tuesday that the
cooperation which was getting stronger under the Black Sea Economic
Cooperation (BSEC) was the factor which would make the biggest
contribution to regional peace, stability and economic development.
[14] TURKISH-SWISS BUSINESS COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD IN ZURICH
GENEVA - Turkish-Swiss Busines Council joint meeting will be held with
the participation of State Minister Kemal Dervis in Zurich on
Thursday.
[15] ILIESCU SAYS IT IS TIME TO TAKE UP SPECIFIC PROBLEMS IN
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE
ISTANBUL - Romanian President Ion Iliescu said on Tuesday, ''we need a
political will and stability for a conceptual solution in eastern
Europe countries known as the Balkans. The time has come to take up
specific problems in southeastern Europe.''
[16] YILMAZ ADDRESSES CONFERENCE ON ''PROGRESS TOWARD EU MEMBERSHIP''
BRUSSELS - State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz said
on Tuesday that they considered Turkey's membership to the European
Union (EU) as an element increasing global role of the union, stressing
that, ''everybody should make a specific concession for the success of
enlargement process, should clarify himself from unneccesary concerns
and doubts, and shold get rid of prejudices and selfish approaches.''
[17] ALIYEV: ''BAKU-TBILISI-CEYHAN PIPELINE PROJECT REACHED LAST
PHASE''
ISTANBUL - Azerbaijani President Haydar Aliyev said on Tuesday that the
last phase had been reached in process of implementation of the
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline project which would carry
Azerbaijani main production oil to Western markets.
[18] DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER BAHCELI SAYS THEIR FUNDAMENTAL POINT OF VIEW
AND DECISION ARE CERTAIN AND WOULD NOT CHANGE
ANKARA - Devlet Bahceli, the State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister,
said on Tuesday that they have never considered the European Union
(EU), any other international relation or a project from the point of
religious belief.
[19] NINE DSP DEPUTIES SAY DSP SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO ON WITHOUT ECEVIT
BUT UNDER THE STEWARDSHIP OF THE ECEVITS
ANKARA - Nine deputies from the Democratic Left Party (DSP) said on
Tuesday that ''The DSP should be able to go on without Ecevit but under
the stewardship of the Ecevits both at organizational level, and also
in the local administrations and parliamentary levels.''
[20] U.S. CONGRESS FOCUSES ON QUALIFIED INDUSTRY ZONES IN TURKEY
WASHINGTON D.C. - Following the draft resolution that was submitted to
the U.S. Senate regarding the foundation of qualified industry zones in
Turkey, a similar draft resolution was also given to U.S. House of
Representatives.
[21] FOREIGN MINISTER CEM MEETS WITH ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER OSKANYAN
ISTANBUL - Foreign Minister Ismail Cem and Armenian Foreign Minister
Vartan Oskanyan came together in Istanbul early on Tuesday.
[22] DENKTAS: ''WE ARE DISCUSSING PRINCIPLE OF SOVEREIGNTY''
LEFKOSA - President Rauf Denktas of the Turkish Republic of Northern
Cyprus (TRNC) and Greek Cypriot administration leader Glafcos Clerides
met again on Tuesday in the buffer zone in Cyprus to take up the issue
of territory.
[23] PRESIDENT SEZER:''TURKEY WHICH SUFFERED A LOT FROM TERRORISM
APPRECIATES STUDIES CARRIED OUT TO FIGHT WITH TERRORISM IN BSEC''
ISTANBUL - President Ahmet Necdet Sezer said on Tuesday that terrorism
which prevents the installation of international peace and security
also negatively affects the economic and social development of
countries.
[24] BSEC EXTRAORDINARY SUMMIT MEETING STARTS
ISTANBUL - The Extraordinary Summit Meeting of Heads of Black Sea
Economic Cooperation (BSEC) Member States and Governments started on
Tuesday in Istanbul.
[25] BULGARIAN PRESIDENT PURVANOV, ALBANIAN PRESIDENT MEIDANI AND GREEK
FOREIGN MINISTER PAPANDREOU ARRIVE IN TURKEY
ISTANBUL - Bulgarian President Georgi Purvanov, Albanian President
Rexhep Meidani and Greek Foreign Minister George Papandreou arrived on
Tuesday in Turkey to attend the Extraordinary Summit Meeting of Heads
of Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) Member States in Istanbul.
[26] FIRST TURKISH ART GALLERY IN NEW YORK TO OPEN BRANCH IN ISTANBUL
NEW YORK - The first Turkish art gallery ''Gallery X'' in New York
decided to open a branch in Istanbul.
[27] MINIMUM WAGE FIXING COMMISSION'S MEETING POSTPONED TO WEDNESDAY
ANKARA - The third meeting of the Minimum Wage Fixing Commission which
would be held at 11.00 a.m on Tuesday, has been postponed to
Wednesday.
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