Babacan will hold talks in Washington, D.C. and New York.

Ali Babacan will meet U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman and members of the U.S. Congress while in Washington.

Babacan will deliver a speech at the Atlantic Council, a think-tank organization.

Ali Babacan will proceed to New York after completing talks in Washington. He may attend an international conference on AIDS in New York.

Following his talks in the United States, Babacan will travel to France to attend an international conference on Afghanistan.

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