Journal of Turkish Weekly
May 9 2006

Turkish FM Gul Meeting US Delegation Talks About Iran

ANKARA – Turkey’s Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul received the US House
of Representatives Foreign Relations Committee Council at the
ministry residence yesterday.

Turkey’s relations with the U.S., Armenia and Israel, along with Iran
and Iraq related issued were discussed at the meeting.

Explaining Ankara’s attitude over Iran’s nuclear program, Turkish FM
Gul said Turkey does not want a new crisis in the region and that
they invite the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council
Ali Larijani to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA).

Referring to the importance of preserving Iraq’s territorial
integrity and forming a national unity government, Turkish FM Gul
asserted that Turkey and the US should support the integrity process
of all parties in Iraq.

Gul also briefed about the historical Armenian allegations at the
meeting, and he pointed out the importance of forming a joint
committee to investigate the historical disputes. Both sides accuse
each other of committing genocide against each other. “More than
520.000 Turks and Kurds were massacred” Dr. Nilgun Gulcan says.
Similarly the Armenians name the 1915 Relocation Campaign as
‘genocide’.