Turkey's FM starts two-day visit to Egypt

Davutoglu is set to meet with President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt in Sharm al-Sheikh on Tuesday morning. Following the meeting, Davutoglu will proceed to Cairo.

The second ministerial meeting will be held during Davutoglu's visit under the "Turkey-Egypt Framework Document for Strategic Dialogue" which was signed by the two countries in Istanbul on November 3, 2007.

Davutoglu is set to meet with Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Mohamed Nazif and Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit.

Besides the bilateral relations, recent regional and global developments will be high on agenda of the two ministers. The Turkish party is expected to reiterate its proposal to lift visa requirements between the two countries.

After their meeting, Davutoglu and Aboul Gheit are expected to hold a joint news conference.

He will partake in a dinner to be hosted in his honor by Turkish Ambassador Huseyin Avni Bosnali with the participation of members of the Foreign Relations Council formed by ambassadors in Cairo, and several Egyptian intellectuals.

On the second day of his visit to Cairo, Davutoglu will attend the 133rd Meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Arab League in Cairo on March 3.

He is also set to meet with Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa to inform him on Turkey's recent initiatives in the region and Arab journalists in Egypt.

Davutoglu will attend a conference at the American University in Cairo and deliver a speech on "Turkey-Egypt Relations and Turkey's Middle East Policies".

He will attend inauguration of the Yunus Emre Turkish Culture Center in the Egyptian capital.

It will be the third cultural center behind the first two in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Albania. These centers aim at promoting Turkey, Turkish language, art and history.

Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Secretary-General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu will also be in attendance at the inauguration.

Davutoglu is expected to return to Turkey on March 3.


/World Bulletin/