US Vice President Arrives in Turkey

12/1/2014 6:30:33 AM

(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Istanbul November 22 (QNA) - US Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Istanbul late Friday on an official visit to Turkey.

Biden will hold official talks with Turkish top political figures amid strained relations over the crisis in Syria.

Biden's talks with Turkish Premier Davutoglu and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will focus on "cooperation in fighting ISIL and coping with the humanitarian crisis caused by the conflicts on the other side of Turkey’s southern border" a statement from the White House said on Tuesday.

On Saturday Biden will attend the sixth annual Energy and Economic Summit hosted by the Atlantic Council in Istanbul and deliver a speech at the closing session of the summit. Then the vice president is to meet with the "Checks and Balances Network" a group funded by the National Democratic Institute.

He is to meet with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for a working lunch on Saturday at the Beylerbeyi Palace.

Biden is scheduled to leave Turkey for Washington on Sunday after a meeting with the Istanbul-based Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I the spiritual leader of the world’s Eastern Orthodox churches. (QNA)

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