Turkey to launch new attempt against Armenian allegations

Thursday, May 5, 2005
DIPLOMACY

ANKARA – TDN Parliament Bureau

Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul yesterday described the Armenian
allegations of genocide as one of the most important foreign policy
matters for Turkey while briefing members of Parliament on Turkey’s
foreign policy agenda.

“We will start an important initiative together with the
administration, opposition, Parliament and nongovernmental
organizations,” Gul said before starkly highlighting what Turkey faces:
“An international community that has accepted the so-called Armenian
genocide.”

The Turkish Foreign Ministry is continuing to study a proposal
made by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Yerevan to have an
objective joint research committee study the tragic events that took
place in Anatolia during World War I. Diplomatic sources said Ankara
is not distancing itself from the idea of having Turkish and Armenian
officials besides academics take part in such a committee.

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