Anadolu Agency, Turkey
April 30 2009
Premier says Turkey cannot be part of "initiative" harming Azerbaijan
Ankara, 30 April: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on
Thursday [30 April] that it was not possible for the Republic of
Turkey to be included in an initiative which might harm Azerbaijan and
Azerbaijani government.
In a televised address to the nation, Erdogan said that efforts for
the normalization of relations between Turkey and Armenia aimed to
settle peace, confidence and stability in the region.
In regard to US President Barack Obama’s visit to Turkey, Erdogan said
that Turkey once again attracted great attention of the world due to
the visit.
US President Obama made a good impression on Turkish nation and the
world due to his messages in favour of peace and compromise during his
visit to Turkey, he said.
Erdogan said that remarks (of Obama) regarding the 1915 incidents were
unacceptable and historians should deal with this matter.
Erdogan said regarding the Cyprus issue that he believed that Turkish
Cypriot party’s efforts for restoring peace in the island would also
carry on in the following period and negotiations launched by
President Mehmet Ali Talat of the [self-declared] Turkish Republic of
Northern Cyprus (TRNC) would be concluded successfully.
Premier Erdogan recalled that he also paid a visit to the British
capital of London for a G20 summit.
A sound international cooperation was of great importance to fight
against global economic crisis and G20 countries gathered to make a
plan to weather economic crisis, he said.
Turkey made great contributions to the G20 summit with its views and
proposals, he said.
In regard to the Turkish economy, Erdogan said Turkey was one of the
countries which were least affected by the global economic crisis.
Turkish government urgently took several important steps to minimize
negative impacts of global economic crisis on Turkish people and
Turkish economy was firmly standing on its feet, he added.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress