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PM cancels Turkey visit

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI MAY 19. The Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee's three-day visit to Turkey from May 30 has been cancelled as the Turkish Prime Minister is indisposed.

Now, Mr. Vajpayee is expected to leave for Almati, Kazakhstan, on June 2 for 3 days where the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia is to take place. Russia, China, Iran, Palestine and now India have confirmed their participation.

Government sources said they had no confirmation on the Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf's participation in the Almati conference.

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