|
|
Article: Remarks Following a Meeting With President Abdullah Gul of Turkey
- Article from:
- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
- Article date:
- January 14, 2008
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright Superintendent of Documents Jan 14, 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
January 8, 2008
President Bush. It's been my honor to welcome the President of Turkey here. Mr. President, I'm glad you're here. This is not his first trip to Washington. I can remember many a time you sitting in the Oval Office as the Foreign Minister, and now you come representing the-representing a great strategic partner as its President.
Turkey is a strategic partner of the United States. Relations between the United States and Turkey are important for our country. And we have worked hard to make them strong, and I believe they are strong. We deal with common problems.
One such problem is our continuing fight against a common enemy, and that's terrorists and such a common enemy as the ...