An object of intense interest is visit of the Turkish president Erdogan at USA next month. After the news about cancellation of the visit from Turkish website her opposition ODA TVtoday Monday, the US diplomatic authorities in Turkey, as well as the State Department, received heaps of questions from journalistic organizations with the answer however remaining: “I don’t know, I don’t answer”.
The US Embassy in Ankara responded that there is no official announcement regarding the visit to White Housewhile the US State Department referred the Turkish authorities for further explanations regarding Erdogan’s proposed visit to Washington.
US Embassy in Ankara
“Currentlythere is no announcement regarding the visit to the White House“, said the response to VOA Turkish. “There is no change in our plans to have high-level contacts at every opportunity,” he continued.
US State Department
Accordingly, the State Department in response to the same question from VOA Turkish urged her to communicate with the Turkish government for information on the travel plans of Turkish officials. However, Undersecretary for Administrative Affairs and Undersecretary for Political Affairs John Bass last week had contacts in Ankara and, according to Turkish diplomatic sources, during that visit preparations for Erdogan’s official visit to the US on May 9 were reviewed.
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