Bush, Turkey's Erdogan discuss EU, terrorism
AFP, October, 2006
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WASHINGTON (AFP) — US President George W. Bush backed Turkey's push for European Union membership and hailed joint efforts to fight terrorism as he met with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. "I made it very clear to the prime minister, I think it's in the United States' interest that Turkey join the European Union," Bush said, as he and Erdogan smiled and shook hands after talks at the White House.
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The two leaders, speaking to reporters in Bush's Oval Office, said they had also discussed Iran, Iraq, Cyprus, the Middle East, as well as efforts to end violence in Sudan's violence-wracked Darfur region. The talks came as Turkey vowed to fight on against Kurdish separatists despite a rebel ceasefire ordered at the weekend, saying that the only way out for them was to surrender. Neither Bush nor Erdogan explicitly mentioned the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which Washington and Ankara ...
