Although Prodi will stay for only one day, he will stress during his contacts that Turkey is vitally important for Europe. Prodi will have talks with Prime Minister Erbakan and Foreign Minister Ciller. This will be the first visit to the Welfare Party coalition government of a prime minister from the West. Prodi has already noted that there are many similarities between Turkey and his own country. Prime Minister Prodi knows Turkey well and his visit has already created large interest in European circles.
Turkey is on the side of peace.
It prefers that all the powers in the region resolve their problems through dialogue and not through fighting. First of all the withdrawal of Saddam's forces. The second problem is the protection of people's live in the region. This is very important. As you know, we are monitoring the situation of the Turkmens, Kurds and Arabs.