Prime Minister Erdogan will host a 'Thank You' reception in New York to thank the permanent representatives of the United Nations member countries for electing Turkey as a non-permanent member to the U.N. Security Council recently.

Erdogan will proceed from New York to Washington, D.C. and attend a 'working reception' to be hosted by U.S. President George W. Bush.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan will be accompanied by State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Nazim Ekren and State Minister Mehmet Simsek as well as Undersecretary of the Turkish Treasury Ibrahim Canakci while attending the meeting of the G-20 countries.

G-20 is comprised of Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States and the European Union.

The G-20 meeting will focus on the global economic crisis.

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