Davutoglu discusses leaked cables with Clinton

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met Monday in Washington with Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to discuss the massive leak of US documents by online muckraker WikiLeaks, her first face-to-face damage-control effort in the wake of the diplomatic embarrassment. "I had a comprehensive meeting with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton," Davutoglu told Turkish reporters after the meeting. "We discussed not only the WikiLeaks reports, but also Turkey 's EU relations, the recent NATO summit, the Cyprus issue, Iraq , Iran , the Middle East peace process, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's recent visit to Lebanon , and Turkish-US relations." Shortly before the closed-door discussions, Davutoglu said he would address "a huge variety of items" in his meeting with Clinton , including the leaked documents. Davutoglu, with Clinton at his side, said Turkey maintains a "strategic partnership" with Washington – comments echoed by the top US diplomat. " Turkey and the United States have one of the most important bilateral relationships in the world," Clinton told reporters before the meeting. "We are very committed to continuing to strengthen and deepen that relationship, and it is always very constructive for me to meet with the foreign minister because we have so much that needs to be done that only Turkey and the United States can do together." Davutoglu stressed that Ankara maintains a "principled ... time-tested transparent foreign policy, including our relationship with the US " and that Turkey would "follow the same principled foreign policy to achieve regional and global peace in coordination with the American administration." Clinton described Davutoglu as a "colleague and a friend" with whom she has worked closely over the last 22 months of Obama's administration. After meeting with Davutoglu, Clinton said the US "deeply regrets the disclosure of any information that was intended to be confidential." Davutoglu also said that Turkey has set up a special working group at both the Foreign Ministry and Turkish Embassy in Washington to handle the leaked documents.