Focus on business as Vajpayee arrives in Istanbul

Thursday, 18 September 2003, 19:30 IST
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ISTANBUL: Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee arrived Thursday afternoon in this city straddling the Asian and European continents for the second leg of his four-day visit to Turkey. Vajpayee, who will call on Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer at the Tarabaya Palace here, will largely focus on matters economic during his two-day stay in this bustling commercial capital of the country. Sprawled on either side of the majestic Bosphorus strait, this ancient link between Asia and Europe is playing host to an industrial exhibition titled 'Experience India,' which Vajpayee, the first Indian prime minister to visit Turkey in 15 years, is slated to grace. Put together in a record one month by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), the exhibition, which showcases India's industrial might, involves the participation of about 40 companies. Later in the evening, Vajpayee will meet Istanbul's small expatriate Indian community, estimated to number about 250. Vajpayee, who is on an extended, fortnight-long visit abroad, leaves Friday for New York, where he will address the 58th session of the U.N. General Assembly on September 25. The prime minister returns to India via Zurich on September 28.
Source: IANS
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