Wednesday, 1 July 2009The senior U.S. diplomat in Turkey said on Tuesday that U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Turkey showed the importance the United States was attaching to Turkey.
James Jeffrey, the U.S. ambassador to Turkey, said that Obama wanted to show the importance he attached to U.S.-Turkish relations and strategic partnership with his visit to Turkey.
Obama made his first visit as U.S. president to Turkey at the beginning of April.
During a reception in the Aegean province of Izmir in which the U.S. Independence Day was celebrated, Jeffrey said that this was the first Independence Day marked under the leadership of Obama.
Jeffrey said Obama brought a new wind and humor to the United States, and the United States received positive reactions in international arena after Obama became the president.
Also, Jeffrey said Izmir had a peculiar place in U.S.-Turkish relations and the United States established one of its first diplomatic missions in Izmir.
Jeffrey said relations between the two countries had boosted after the World War II.
The ambassador also said that Obama wanted U.S.-Turkish relations to go on strongly. |
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
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