CO-OPERATION NEEDED TO REFUTE ARMENIAN ALLEGATIONS: TURKISH FM

NTV MSNBC, Turkey
Dec 26 2006

Armenian has yet to formally respond to Turkey’s proposal to set up
a commission of historians to study the allegations, Gul said.

ANKARA – A joint effort between state institutions and non-government
organisations is needed to refute allegations that the Ottoman Empire
committed an act of genocide against its Armenian community, Turkish
Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said Sunday.

Responding to a question tabled in the parliament over the steps
taken to counter the Armenian allegations, Gul said that a joint
effort was required.

"The fight against the Armenian allegations requires a collective
effort and co-operation among state institutions and non-governmental
organisations," he said. "We need contributions of universities,
vocational organisations and businessmen to this end."

Gul said there had still been no reply to a proposal by Prime Minister
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, made in April last year, to Armenian President
Robert Kocharian to establish a joint history commission to study
the allegations and the evidence.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress