NO:118 - 30 June 2008, Press Release Regarding the Report Titled ‘Gökçeada and Bozcaada by the Rapporteur of which is the Swiss Parliamentarian Mr. Andreas Gross, Chairman of the Socialist Group of PACE (Unofficial Translation) NO:117 - 30 June 2008, Press Release Regarding the Former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim (Unofficial Translation) NO:116 - 30 June 2008, Press Release Regarding the Official Visit of The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergei Lavrov to Turkey (Unofficial Translation) NO:115 - 29 June 2008, Press Release Regarding the Cross-Regional Workshop To Be Organized in Istanbul By the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) (Unofficial Translation) NO:114 - 29 June 2008, Press Release Regarding the Official Visit of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Immigration of Luxembourg Jean Asselborn To Turkey (Unofficial Translation) NO:113 - 26 June 2008, Press Release Regarding the Attending of Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Babacan to 13th Regular Meeting of the Council of Ministers during the African Union Summit.(Unofficial Translation) NO-112 - 26 June 2008, Press Release Regarding the 40th of the Exploratory Contacts Between Turkey and Greece (Unofficial Translation) NO:110 - 20 June 2008, Press Release Regarding the World Refugee Day (Unofficial Translation) No:109 - 19 June 2008, Press Release Regarding the Ceasefire Between Israel and Hamas (Unofficial Translation) NO:108 - 17 June 2008, Press Release Regarding the Official Visit of Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Babacan to Uganda for the 35th Session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers (Unofficial Translation) No:107 - 16 June 2008, Press Release Regarding the Fifth Meeting at Ministerial Level of the Conference on Turkey’s Accession to the European Union (Unofficial Translation) No:106 - 16 June 2008, Press Release Regarding the Peace Talks Between Syria and Israel Under the Auspices of Turkey (Unofficial Translation) NO:105 - 12 June 2008, Press Release Regarding the Official Visit of Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Babacan to the Republic of Estonia (Unofficial Translation) NO:104 - 11 June 2008, Press Release Regarding the International "Conference in Support of Afghanistan” NO:103-11 June 2008, Press Release Regarding the Terrorist Attack in Mosul (Unofficial Translation) QA:16 - 11 June 2008, Statement of the Spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey in Response to a Question (Unofficial Translation NO:102 - 9 June 2008, Press Release Regarding the Abhorrent Terrorist Attack in Colombo (Unofficial Translation) NO:101 - 6 June 2008, Press Release Regarding the Signing of A Memorandum of Understanding Between the United Kingdom and the Greek Cypriot Administration NO:100 - 6 June 2008, Press Release Regarding Turkey's SEECP Chairmanship-in-office (Unofficial Translation) NO:99 – 6 June 2008, Press Release Regarding The Terror Attack On the Danish Embassy in Pakistan (Unofficial Translation) QA:15 - 3 June 2008, Statement of the Spokesman of The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey in Response to a Question (Unofficial Translation) QA:14 - 3 June 2008, Statement of the Spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey in Response to a Question (Unofficial Translation) NO:97 - 2 June 2008, Press Release Regarding the Official Visit of Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Babacan to the United States NO-98 - 3 June 2008, Press Release Regarding the The Agreement for Cooperation between the United States of America and the Republic of Turkey Concerning the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy
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NO:113 - 26 June 2008, Press Release Regarding the Attending of Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Babacan to 13th Regular Meeting of the Council of Ministers during the African Union Summit.(Unofficial Translation)
Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Babacan will be in Sharm El Sheik, Egypt between 27-28 June 2008 upon the invitation of the President of the African Union Commission Jean Ping, to attend the 13th Regular Meeting of the Council of Ministers during the African Union Summit.

At the African Union Council of Ministers Meeting, Minister Babacan will deliver a speech addressed to the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the African Union countries at the session to be held under the special agenda item relating to cooperation between the African Union and Turkey.

Turkey has become an observer member of the African Union in 2005. The African Union has designated Turkey as a strategic partner at its 10th Summit Meeting held in Addis Ababa in January of 2008.

This year in August, the Turkey-Africa Cooperation Summit will be organized in Istanbul. Minister Babacan will have the opportunity during the African Union Council of Ministers Meeting in Sharm el Sheikh to share with his African colleagues our assessments with regard to Turkish-African relations. He will also engage in bilateral talks with Foreign Ministers of African countries taking part in the meeting.