MINISTER ASKS ALL TURKEY TO FIGHT ARMENIAN GENOCIDE CLAIM

Anatolia News Agency, Turkey
Dec 24 2006

"FM Gul: ‘Fight against Armenian allegations requires a collective
effort’"

Ankara, 24 Dec: "The fight against Armenian allegations requires
a collective effort and cooperation among state institutions and
non-governmental organizations," Turkish Foreign Minister & Deputy
Prime Minister Abdullah Gul said on Sunday.

In response to a question motion by Zuheyir Amber of the Motherland
Party, Gul said, "the fight against Armenian allegations requires
a collective effort and cooperation among state institutions and
non-governmental organizations. We need contributions of universities,
vocational organizations and businessmen to this end."

"Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan conveyed Turkey’s proposal to
establish a joint history commission to President Robert Kocharian of
Armenia on April 10th, 2005. However, we did not receive a positive
response from the Armenian party yet," Gul added.