ERDOGAN: OUR GOAL IS TO DEVELOP UNITY AND SOLIDARITY THROUGH NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
22.03.2010 14:23 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said
Turkey propagandizing the idea of peace, justice, stability and glory,
highlights equal attitude towards its citizens.

"Our goal is to develop unity and solidarity and strengthen the
atmosphere of trust through normalization of relations," he said during
a meeting with cinema and theater actors, film directors and producers.

Earlier, Erdogan threatened to deport illegal Armenian migrants from
Turkey. "There are 170 thousand Armenians living in Turkey. 70 thousand
of them are Turkish citizens. If necessary, I will tell the remaining
100 thousand to leave. I can do so because they are not Turkish
citizens and I’m not obliged to keep them in my country," he said.

The fierce reaction of the Turkish PM came after the adoption of
the Armenian Genocide resolution, H.Res.252, by the US House Foreign
Affairs Committee on March 4 and passage of a resolution recognizing
the Genocide of Armenians, Assyrians/Syrians/Chaldeans and Pontic
Greeks by the Swedish parliament on March 11.