EU ADDRESSES PROTEST NOTE TO TURKEY

PanARMENIAN.Net
06.11.2009 18:57 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir has
announced plans to attend an Organization of the Islamic Conference
(OIC) summit in Istanbul on Monday.

Turkey has received a request from the European Union to reconsider
its decision to invite Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir to
a meeting of Islamic countries, a Turkish foreign ministry official
said on Friday.

Bashir has announced plans to attend an Organization of the Islamic
Conference (OIC) summit in Istanbul on Monday.

The Turkish official, who is in Paris accompanying Turkey’s Foreign
Minister Ahmet Davutoglu during a state visit, showed the EU request
letter to Reuters, which reads: "The EU calls on Turkey to reconsider
its invitation to Bashir to attend the OIC meeting."