TURKEY OWES $10 BILLION TO BULGARIA

PanARMENIAN.Net
19.09.2006 14:25 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ A candidate for the presidency of Bulgaria, Volen
Siderov, has declared that if he is elected, he will demand that Turkey
pay 10 billion dollars he claims it owes to Bulgaria. Siderov has
also asserted that, if elected, he will close down the main Turkish
political party currently operating within Bulgarian borders.

Volen Siderov is the leader of the radical nationalist Bulgarian party,
Ataka. He has continued anti-Turkish and anti-Turkey comments since
announcing his candidacy for the presidency of his country. Siderov
claims that Turkey has accumulated a 10 billion-dollar debt to
Bulgaria consistently since 1913. He also reportedly has the majority
Turkish Rights and Freedoms Movement (HOH) Party in his sights,
repeatedly noting he will close it down if elected president. A
recent quote from Siderov on the subject of the Bulgarian parliament:
"a nationalist and responsible government will replace the current
Bulgarian administration, which has been sold out and isn’t even
really Bulgarian," the Hurriyet writes. The Bulgarian presidential
elections are scheduled to take place in one and a half months.