TURKEY: Turkish President Abdullah Gul greets African leaders in Istanbul at the start of the Africa-Turkey summit

Record ID: 453144

  • Title: TURKEY: Turkish President Abdullah Gul greets African leaders in Istanbul at the start of the Africa-Turkey summit
  • Date: 20th August 2008
  • Summary: (AD2) ISTANBUL, TURKEY (REUTERS) (AUGUST 18, 2008) TURKEY'S PRESIDENT ABDULLAH GUL MEETING WITH PRESIDENT OF EQUATORIAL GUINEA THEODORO OBIANG NGUEINA MBASOGO GUL MEETING WITH NIGERIAN FOREIGN MINISTER OJO MADUEKWE GUL MEETING WITH BENIN FOREIGN MINISTER MOUSSA OKANLA GUL MEETING WITH SIERRA LEONE VICE PRESIDENT SAMUEL SAM-SUMANA GUL MEETING WITH UGANDAN PRIME MINISTER APOLO NSIBAMBI GUL MEETING WITH CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC FAUSTIN ARCHANGE TOUADERA GUL MEETING WITH MINISTER OF STATE FOR THE REPUBLIC OF CONGO PIERRE MOUSSA FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING IN TURKEY AFRICA COOPERATION SUMMIT CHAIRED BY TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER ALI BABACAN VARIOUS OF FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING BABACAN, TALKING AT MEETING VARIOUS OF DELEGATES IN THE MEETING MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS FOR TANZANIA, BERNARD MEMBE, DELIVERING HIS SPEECH VARIOUS OF PARTICIPANTS IN MEETING
  • Embargoed: 4th September 2008 13:00
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  • Location: Turkey
  • Country: Turkey
  • Reuters ID: LVARXLCBTOD0OJVB0HT3FJ861C9
  • Story Text: Turkish President Abdullah Gul met with African leaders on Monday (August 18) at the start of the Turkey-Africa summit in Istanbul.
    The summit is expected to be attended by leaders from 40 African countries, as energy-thirsty Turkey seeks to tap into the African continent's vast resources.
    Media reports said the prime ministers of Ethiopia, Morocco, Niger, Togo, Rwanda and Uganda would attend.
    Later on Monday, Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan chaired a foreign ministers meeting.
    Turkey, which has signed liquefied gas agreements with Algeria, is seeking to boost investments and trade with sub-Saharan Africa, following similar moves by emerging powerhouses China and India.
    Trade between Turkey and African nations rose to $13 billion last year from $5.4 billion in 2003, state-run Anatolian news agency reported Trade Minister Kursad Tuzmen as saying. He said he believed trade would rise to $50 billion in 2012.
    This week is overshadowed by the expected presence of Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, his first trip abroad since an international court indicted him for genocide.
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