Gull, Mubarak discuss Iraq, Palestine and Cyprus
Egypt-Turkey, Politics, 6/8/2004

Following his meeting with the Egyptian President Hosni Mumarak in Cairo yesterday, the Turkish foreign minister Abdullah Gull played down the issue of confiscating weapons sent to Egypt from Istanbul port. He said the two sides discussed issues on Iraq, Palestine and Cyprus and Gull rejected the " Syria's accountability law " which does not fulfil its due results.

Gull also considered that the content of the American reforms initiative as " is not understood and stressed the need that the reforms to stem from local needs not because somebody else asked us for that."

On the ship of weapons, Gull said " I informed the Egyptian President on this matter and we will solve it very quickly. This might be today ( yesterday Monday). This is a technical question that should not be magnified." On Thursday, the Turkish authorities announced finding in containers in Istanbul port a missile directed by remote control and spareheads and launching base sent to Egypt.

Gull said he had discussed with Mubarak the developments in Iraq, the Palestinian question and the question of Cyprus." He had handed him over a message from the Turkish President Ahmad Necdet Sezar. He also added he had asked the Egyptian President " Egypt's support for the Turkish candidate for the post of the secretary general of the Organization of the Islamic Conference OIC." Gul also met with the secretary general of the Arab league Amr Moussa and the Middle East News Agency MENA quoted Gull as saying that " his country asked President Mubarak's help and support to abrogate the economic embargo and the isolation imposed on the Turkish part of Cyprus. "

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