MINISTER SAYS TURKEY TO DISCUSS NUCLEAR ENERGY USE WITH IAEA

Anatolia news agency
15 Mar 06

Ankara, 14 March: Turkish Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister
Abdullah Gul said on Tuesday [14 March] that Turkey was late in using
nuclear energy.

In a reception, upon questions on the idea of Turkey’s plan to use
nuclear energy, Foreign Minister Gul said that Turkey was late in using
nuclear energy and it would discuss the issue with the International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Gul also stressed that the statements attributed to him by newspapers
regarding Israel’s nuclear programme was not correct.

When asked about the approval of a film making story the claims of
Armenian genocide by Eurimage and Turkey’s reaction, Gul said that
Turkey was trying to stop the film.