PACE President: Whole Country Can Not Be Condemned Because Of A Fanatic
Published: 1/23/2007

Turkish Press
Jan 24 2007

STRASBOURG – Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (PACE)
President Rene van der Linden, commenting on the murder of journalist
Hrant Dink, stated that the whole country could not be condemned
because of a fanatic.

Speaking at a news conference, Linden said there were extremists
in every country including the Netherlands, "a country can not be
condemned just because of this," he added.

Expressing Council of Europe`s willingness to contribute to the efforts
to alleviate tension and searches for dialogue, Van Der Linden said, "I
will separately meet the heads of the Turkish and Armenian delegations
in PACE to see what can be done to ease tension."