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Berlusconi arrives in Turkey for intergovernmental summit (1st Lead)
Nov 12, 2008, 15:27 GMT
Ankara - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi arrived in Turkey Wednesday evening to take part in an intergovernmental summit where the topic of Turkey's European Union accession process is expected to top the agenda.
'Our goal is to reiterate Italy's support for Turkey's EU membership and to commit to helping Turkey overcome whatever obstacles it faces,' Italian ambassador to Turkey Carlo Marsili told the Anadolu news agency ahead of the visit.
The evening intergovernmental summit was taking place in the Aegean city of Izmir.
In addition to meetings between Berlusconi and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, bilateral meetings were also to be held between the foreign, defence and interior ministers of both countries.
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