ERDOGAN URGES SOCCER FANS TO KEEP POLITICS AWAY AT TURKEY-ARMENIA MATCH

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
13.10.2009 19:56 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on
Tuesday urged soccer fans to keep politics away when Turkey and
Armenia face each other on the pitch in a World Cup qualifier, as
the two neighbors aim to restore diplomatic ties.

"The Armenian president and the Armenian national team will see what
Turkish hospitality is," Erdogan told deputies of his ruling AK Party
ahead of the game in the city of Bursa.

"I know our soccer fans in Bursa and in the rest of the country will
behave like respectable fans. I believe our country and the citizens
of Bursa will not bow their heads to politics and to the aims of those
who want to use the game to achieve something else," Erdogan said,
Reuters reported.