Anatolia News Agency
Aug 23 2007
TURKISH MINISTER DISAPPOINTED ABOUT US JEWISH GROUP’S STATEMENT ON
ARMENIANS
Ankara, 23 August: Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul has told Israeli
ambassador to Ankara of Turkey’s "disappointment" over remarks by
American-Jewish group Anti- Defamation League (ADL) which said that
it would acknowledge Armenian allegations regarding the incidents of
1915 in Ottoman Turkey, diplomatic sources said [on] Thursday [23
August].
Gul conveyed his country’s discontent during a meeting with Israel’s
top diplomat in Turkey, Pinhas Avivi, who paid a farewell visit to
him.
Israeli embassy has however released a statement in which it
expressed that there is no change in Israeli government’s stance
regarding the incidents of 1915.
ADL President Abraham Foxman indicated in a statement posted on the
group’s web-site on Wednesday that his organization had come to share
the view that the incidents "were indeed tantamount to genocide" but
added that the organization maintained its opposition against
bringing the issue to Congressional floor.