Palestine's Abbas meets Gul, Erdogan

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was yesterday received by President Abdullah Gul at the presidential mansion in Istanbul's Tarabya neighborhood. Reportedly, Abbas briefed Gul about the latest situation in Palestine, and the two leaders also exchanged views on the recent developments in Syria and Egypt. Afterwards, Abbas met with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday at the Prime Ministry Office in Dolmabahce, Istanbul in a meeting which lasted 1 hour and 20 minutes and which was closed to the press.