FM Babacan: "The US' mideast envoy will visit Turkey"

Foreign Minister Ali Babacan left for Brussels yesterday to attend a meeting on Gaza hosted by EU President the Czech Republic. At a press conference at Ankara's Esenboga Airport, Babacan said that in a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, she said she wanted US Special Envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell to visit Turkey during his tour of the region this week. Babacan said Clinton places importance on his meeting with Mitchell.