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TURKEY: CHIEF OF STAFF SET FOR US VISIT.

IPR Strategic Business Information Database, February, 2007

According to Turkiye, Chief of General Staff Gen. Yasar Buyukanit is set to travel to the US next week at the invitation of his US counterpart Gen. Peter Pace. Buyukanit is expected to meet with Vice President Dick Cheney in Washington. He will have talks with top officials in the Pentagon, including Defense Undersecretary for Policy and former Ambassador to Turkey Eric Edelman and Land Forces Commander Gen.

Peter Schoomaker. In addition to bilateral military ties, the Iraq and PKK issues, as well as developments in the Mideast and a resolution on the so-called Armenian genocide before Congress are all expected to figure in the talks of Turkey's top commander with US officials.

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