GUL CONVEYS ANKARA’S CONCERNS OVER ARMENIAN BILL TO GERMAN FM

Turkish Press
Sabah
April 4 2007

Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, currently in Germany for an official
visit, yesterday met with his German counterpart Frank-Walter
Steinmeier to discuss a number of issues, including a bill introduced
by Germany to the European Parliament which would criminalize denial
of the so-called Armenian genocide. Gul briefed Steinmeier on Ankara’s
concerns about the bill, saying that it should refer to the United
Nations. He further stressed that the bill, in its current form,
worried Ankara. Commenting on Turkey’s European Union membership
bid, Gul said that he appreciated Germany’s support for Turkey’s EU
aspirations.