American Jewish committee delegation meets leaders in Ankara

Harold Tanner, the president of the American Jewish Committee, and the delegation of representatives from his committee met President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul on Friday.

The one-hour meeting between Erdogan and the committee delegation, closed to the press, was attended by Prime Ministry Undersecretary Fikret Uccan and ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party deputies Egemen Bagis and Omer Celik. U.S. Ambassador to Ankara Robert Pearson was also present.

Tanner was received in a 1.5-hour meeting by Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul as well. That meeting too was closed to the press.