The Cabinet to Discuss FM Gul’s Washington Visit

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated that the prospect of Turkey sending its troops to Iraq would soon be discussed during a separate summit to be attended by President Ahmet Necdet Sezer and Chief of General Staff Gen. Hilmi Ozkok. The government believes that such deployment would necessitate authorization from a new bill prepared in cooperation with the president and the General Staff’s Office. Speaking to the press after the meeting, government spokesman and Justice Minister Cemil Cicek noted that Parliament was expected today to approve a bill allowing amnesty for repentant militants of the outlawed PKK/KADEK terrorist group.