Turkish defense minister to attend ATC conference

WASHINGTON (A.A) - October 31, 2011 - Turkish National Defense Minister Ismet Yilmaz attended inauguration reception for the 30th annual conference of American-Turkish Council (ATC) on Sunday.  The reception took place in Turkey's Embassy in Washington. ATC's annual conference which will begin on Monday will end on November 2. Turkish-U.S. relations will be taken up in the conference which aims to shape up a cooperation platform between the two countries as well as to share information about political and economic relations.  Besides Yilmaz, Turkish Deputy Premier Ali Babacan, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey will attend the conference. Participants will also discuss cooperation in defense industry, business and investment milieu in Turkey and the U.S., commercial relations, energy, foreign relations, the EU, banking, finance, infrastructure, agriculture and food issues.