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This official White House photograph shows US President Barack Obama (R) meeting with Armenian Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian (L), Swiss Foreign Minister (and mediator) Micheline Calmy-Rey (2L), Turkish undersecretary of the foreign ministry Ertugul Apakan (C), and Turkish Foreign Minister...

Turkey's Foreign Minister Ali Babacan (C) meet with his Afghan counterpart Rangin Dadfar Spanta (L) and Pakistani counterpart Makhdoom Ahah Mahmood Qureshi (R) in Ankara April 1, 2009.

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Turkey's Foreign Minister Ali Babacan (C) meets with his Afghan counterpart Rangin Dadfar Spanta (L) and his Pakistani counterpart Makhdoom Ahah Mahmood Qureshi on April 1, 2009 in Ankara. Turkey hosted talks between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistan's Asif Ali Zardari focusing on...

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Turkey's President Abdullah Gul (2ndL) with his Foreign minister Ali Babacan (L) are pictured with European Commission President Portuguese Jose Manuel Barroso (2ndR) and European Enlargement commissioner Olli Rhen (R) as they hold a joint press after their meeting, on March 26, 2009 at...

Turkey's President Abdullah Gul (2nd R) and his Foreign Minister Ali Babacan (R) attend the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) summit in Tehran March 11, 2009. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told regional leaders meeting in Tehran on Wednesday to discuss the global economic crisis...

Turkey's Foreign Minister Ali Babacan (2nd L) arrives for the opening of the 18th Meeting of the Council of Ministers (COM) in Tehran March 9, 2009.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (C) pose for media before a meeting as they are flanked by Turkey's Foreign Minister Ali Babacan (R) in Ankara March 7, 2009.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives for a meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan (R) at the foreign ministry in Ankara March 7, 2009. Clinton hopes during talks with Turkey's leaders on Saturday to bolster ties with the NATO member and help turn around a wave of anti-Americanism...

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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) meets with her Turkish counterpart Ali Babacan (R) upon her arrival at the Foreign Ministry in Ankara on March 7, 2009. Clinton on March 7 held talks with Turkish leaders aimed at repairing relations with Ankara damaged over the Iraq war.

Turkey's Foreign Minister Ali Babacan arrives for a NATO member countries Foreign Ministers meeting at NATO Headquarters in Brussels March 5, 2009. NATO is expected on Thursday to back a resumption of formal ties with Russia as Washington and its allies seek a broad front in their troubled...

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, shares a word with British counterpart David Miliband, center, and Turkey's Foreign Minister Ali Babacan, left, during a NATO and EU dinner at the Egmont Palace in Brussels, Wednesday, March 4, 2009. Clinton is on a two-day visit of the...

U.S. special envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell meets Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (C) as they are flanked by Foreign Minister Ali Babacan (R) in Ankara February 26, 2009. Mitchell said on Thursday Turkey will play a "key. role" in U.S. President Barack Obama's efforts to...

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U.S. Middle-East special envoy George Mitchell, left, is seen with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, center, and Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan, right, during their meeting in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009. Mitchell is making his second tour of the region as U.S....

Turkey's President Abdullah Gul (C) sits with Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (4th L), Deputy Prime Ministers Cemil Cicek (3rd L), Bulent Arinc (2nd L), Ali Babacan (L), Turkey's top military commander General Ilker Basbug (4th R), Commander of the Land Forces General Isik Kosaner (3rd R),...

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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan listens to Devlet Bahceli, leader of the opposition Nationalist Action Party, unseen, during a debate on government's "Kurdish initiative" in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. Turkish Parliament begun discussing the decades-long issue in a...

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EU economic and monetary affairs commissioner Joaquin Almunia (L) greets Turkish Finance Minister Ali Babacan on May 5, 2009 before an EU finance ministers meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels.

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Turkish Finance Minister Ali Babacan (L) talks with his Czech counterpart Miroslav Kalousek on May 5, 2009 before an EU finance ministers meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels.

Turkey's Economy Minister Ali Babacan (L) is greeted by Czech Republic's Finance Minister Miroslav Kalousek (R) at the start of a EU finance ministers meeting in Brussels May 5, 2009.

Turkey's Economy Minister Ali Babacan (L) talks with European Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Joaquin Almunia (R) at the start of a EU finance ministers meeting in Brussels May 5, 2009.

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Newly appointed Turkish foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, (R) shakes hands with outgoing foreign minister Ali Babacan after a handover ceremony in Ankara on May 2, 2009. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on May 1, 2009 a cabinet reshuffle, following local elections in...

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Turkey's new Foreign Minister Professor Ahmet Davudoglu, left, and Ali Babacan, his predecessor who becomes deputy prime minister, during a handover ceremony in Ankara, Turkey, Saturday, May 2, 2009. Turkey's prime minister Tayyip Erdogan reshuffled the bulk of his Cabinet late Friday, May...

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Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan listens during a press conference after a meeting with EU officials at the Cernin's Palace on April 21, 2009 in Prague. European and Turkish officials meet in Prague today, two weeks after US President Barack Obama backed the mainly Muslim nation's bid...

Sweden's Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, Member of the European Commission Responsible for Enlargement Olli Rehn, Turkey's Foreign Minister Ali Babacan, Turkey's chief EU negotiator Egemen Bagis and Czech Republic's Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg (L-R) arrive at the EU Troika-Turkey plenary...

Czech Republic's Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg (L) welcomes Turkey's Foreign Minister Ali Babacan (R) and Turkey's chief EU negotiator Egemen Bagis at the EU Troika-Turkey plenary meeting of ministers in Prague April 21, 2009.

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Russian Foreign Minister sergei Lavrov (C) meets with Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan (L) in Yerevan on April 16, 2009 during the Black Sea Economic Cooperation pact (BSEC) Member States Foreign Ministers Council meeting.