Biden visits Turkish PM Erdogan

Türkiye Materials 5 December 2011 00:22 (UTC +04:00)

US Vice President Joe Biden paid a visit to the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at his residence in Uskudar and had a tete-a-tete meeting, TRT English reported.

During the two-hour long meeting, views were exchanged on regional developments, especially on cooperation against terror and the situation in Iraq.

Also first photographs of the Prime Minister were taken after the operation he had last week.

Biden moved on to Prime Minister Erdogan's residence after Global Entrepreneurship Summit to extend his get-well wishes.

Justice and Development Party VP Omer Celik, Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Feridun Sinirlioglu and Turkey's Ambassador to Washington Namik Tan were present at the meeting.

The American delegation included National Security Adviser Antony Blinker, National Security Council's Turkey DirectorAntony Godfrey, and US Ambassador to Turkey Francis Ricciardone.

The guest officials have underlined that America does always stand by Turkey in the fight against terror.

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