Obama not to deliver anticipated address on Islam in Turkey-report

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Obama not to deliver anticipated address on Islam in Turkey-report
Oluşturulma Tarihi: Mart 08, 2009 13:33

A Washington Post report on Sunday said that U.S. President Barack Obama was not expected to use the Turkey visit to deliver his anticipated address on Islam, a speech he promised during his campaign to give in a Muslim capital soon after taking office.

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"Obama's stop in Turkey, announced yesterday (Saturday) in Ankara by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, partly fulfills Obama's pledge to engage the Muslim world in a substantive way within his first 100 days in office. But the president is not expected to use the Turkey visit to deliver his anticipated address on Islam, a speech he promised during his campaign to give in a Muslim capital soon after taking office," the newspaper said.

 

The two events are totally different from each other, a senior official told the newspaper on the condition of anonymity, adding that the place or the date for President Obama's address to the Muslim world was not set yet.

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"This visit is not about healing some E.U.-NATO rift. This is about underscoring our deep alliance with Turkey, that it is an important part of Europe, and that it is an important voice in the Muslim world," the report quoted the official as saying.

 

Despite U.S. support for NATO-member Turkey’s EU membership, the country has been kept out of the Union, a point that has caused friction within the NATO alliance at a time when the Obama administration is seeking more European troops for Afghanistan.

 

Turkey has mediated indirect talks between Israel and Syria over the status of the Golan Heights, and has offered to assist in solving other frozen conflicts in the region.

 

"By concluding a European trip with a stop in Turkey, Obama is seeking to highlight its importance as a growing market, military ally and key player in securing oil and future natural gas from the Caspian region, administration officials and outside analysts said," the daily added.

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