ARMENIAN BILL CONTINUES ON

Sabah, Turkey
April 17 2007

The Prime Minister of Germany, Angela Merkel, met with Erdoðan in
Hannover, then, referring to the bill which assumes the denial of
the Armenian genocide as a crime, she said: "we do not have this on
our agenda."

When responding to a question about the visa problem, Merkel said
visa issuance for businessmen and truck drivers will be facilitated;
however, in return, they will require Turkey to take the necessary
actions to curtail those abusing the visa right.

Erdoðan stated that Turkey expects more efforts from Germany as the
EU term chair and criticized once again the lack of an invitation to
Turkey for the 50th anniversary of the EU.

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