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ANKARA: Turkish spokesman: Recalling envoy from France "out of quest

Turkish spokesman: Recalling envoy from France "out of question"

Anatolia news agency, Ankara,
19 Oct 06

Ankara, 19 October: "The Cyprus issue should not poison Turkey’s
negotiation process with the EU," said Namik Tan, spokesman for the
Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on Thursday [19 October].

Speaking at the weekly press briefing, Tan said: "The negotiation
process has its own frame and parameters. It is quite wrong to
associate this issue with Turkey’s EU negotiation process. Turkey
accepts only the Copenhagen political criteria in this process."

Upon a question about recent proposal of Finland which holds the
rotating EU presidency, Tan told reporters: "According to our point of
view, the Cyprus issue can be resolved under the auspices of the United
Nations. Finland’s proposal can be considered as a quite important
step in efforts to find a way-out to the Cyprus issue. But neither
Finland’s proposal nor any other similar initiative can replace a
comprehensive solution."

Tan also highlighted importance of a compromise to be reached by the
two parties on the island.

Referring to adoption of the bill about so-called Armenian genocide
by the French National Assembly last week, Tan said: "It is comforting
to know that the French government is against the bill.

However, this does not solve the problem."

"France has lost its privileged position in the sight of Turkish
people. It is not possible to correct it by making administrative
decisions. Turkey has already warned France about likely consequences
of such a decision," he commented.

When asked whether Turkey would recall its ambassador as a reaction,
Tan said that such a move was completely out of the question. "We
are in favour of acting rationally," he added.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS
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