SWISSINFO.CH: Swiss President, Pascal Couchepin, begins an official visit to Turkey today – the first ever visit to Turkey by a Swiss president.
It is the second visit in a week to Turkey by a Swiss government minister and represents an improvement of relations between the two countries.
Couchepin - Switzerland's interior minister who holds the rotating Swiss presidency this year - will meet President Abdullah Gul and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan during his four-day visit.
They will discuss political, cultural and economic relations including energy issues since Turkey is a transit country for oil and gas supplies to Europe, the Swiss interior ministry said in a statement. >>> | November 7, 2008
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