DUTCH FM CALLED ON ARMENIA AND TURKEY TO FACE UP TO PAST

PanARMENIAN.Net
09.10.2006 13:55 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot asked the
Turkish community in the Netherlands to stay calm in regards to the
exclusion of Turkish members from the parliamentary member election
list due to their rejection of the Armenian Genocide. Bot said the
government is not the cause of the problem, noting that the parties
had decided on the exclusion themselves. Attending the iftar meal
organized in Rotterdam by Zaman Daily, he evaluated the crisis, which
broke out after Turkish candidates, who refused to acknowledge the
Armenian Genocide, were withdrawn by the Christian Democrats (CDA)
and the main opposition, the Labor Party (PvdA). Asking Armenia and
Turkey to face up to their past, Bot added that the Armenian Genocide
issue should not strain both communities until an agreement based on
serious and detailed research is reached, reported zaman.com.