TURKEY CANCELED SWISS MINISTER VISIT TO ANKARA DUE TO ARMENIAN ISSUE

PanArmenian News Network
Aug 6 2005

06.08.2005 04:01

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ After the Prosecutor’s Office of Winterthur Swiss
city launched investigation on the leader of the Turkish Workers’
Party Dogu Perincek for denial of the Armenian Genocide, Turkish
authorities told the Swiss Ambassador in Ankara that the visit of
Swiss Minister of Economy Joseph Dais scheduled in September is
cancelled. As Milliyet Turkish newspaper writes, Swiss media notes
with regret that “Turkey does not understand that power division is the
major value of the Swiss democracy,” reported Armenpress. Meanwhile,
SDA agency reported that the meeting scheduled in September is just
postponed. Turkey says problems of specification of the visit date
has caused the “postponing” of the meeting.