The New Anatolian, Turkey
April 27 2005

Turkey denounces Belgium over flag burning

Turkey officially denounced the Belgian government yesterday for not
preventing the burning of a Turkish flag during an Armenian
demonstration over the weekend.

Turkish Embassy officials in Brussels handed a written note to the
Belgian Foreign Ministry expressing the deep sorrow of the Turkish
government about the lack of intervention by Belgian security forces
at the scene when demonstrators set fire to the Turkish flag.

The Turkish flag was burned by demonstrators at a demonstration
organized to commemorate the anniversary of the so-called Armenian
genocide on Sunday.