PM CRITICIZES ARMENIAN OUTBURST
IPR Strategic Business Information Database
May 19, 2005
According to Hurriyet, addressing the second day of the Council
of Europe summit in Warsaw, Poland, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
Erdogan rebuked Armenian President Robert Kocharian for raising
the issue of the alleged genocide during his speech. Stressing that
Europe could not be constructed on the basis of historical enmity,
Erdogan called on the parliaments of certain countries to evaluate
the issue in line with documents in historical achieves. In addition,
the Turkish premier met separately with European Court of Human Rights
(ECHR) head Luzius Wildhaber and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.
Accompanied by his Polish counterpart Marek Belka, Erdogan also opened
a trade center build by Turkish firms in Warsaw. After completing
his contacts, Erdogan returned to Ankara last night.