TURKISH PM NOT TO MEET U.S. JEWISH COMMUNITIES

new.am
Dec 4 2009
Armenia

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan does not intend to meet
with American Jewish organizations in the course of his visit to U.S.,
Turkish Dunyabulteni website reports. He is the first Premier since
Turgut Ozal of all Turkish Prime Ministers and Presidents who will
not meet with Jewish community’s representatives in U.S.

Dec. 6-8, Erdogan will arrive in U.S., after which leaves for Mexico
for a 2-day visit to meet Mexican President Felipe Calderon.

In the course of his last meeting with Jewish organizations
this September, Erdogan accused Israel of preventing supplies of
humanitarian aid to Gaza. And this time, it is Turkey’s initiative
not to meet with Jewish community.

U.S. Jewish community resisted American Armenian lobby by preventing
anti-Turkish initiatives. Adhering to this policy, Jews wanted to
have Turkey’s support on the matter and actually succeeded. However,
with Armenia-Turkey reconciliation, U.S. Jewish lobby will be of no
more use.

NEWS.am recalls that Israeli-Turkish relations got strained in the end
of December 2008 when Israeli forces bombed Palestinian territories.

Erdogan-Peres dialogue in Davos became the peak, when Turkish PM
accused Israel of extermination of peaceful population and walked
out the G-20 Summit.