TURKISH PRESIDENT, FRENCH PRIME MINISTER DISCUSS THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE ISSUE
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28.11.2007 17:40
While in Paris for the Bureau of International Exhibition (BIE)
General Assembly Tuesday, Turkish President Abdullah Gul met with
the French prime minister to discuss terrorism, the Armenian issue
and the European Union, the Turkish Daily News reports.
On the question of the Armenian genocide, which was on the agenda of
the French Parliament, Gul said, "This is the business of historians
and scientists, not politicians. Turkey has opened its archives to
research on this issue."
Referring to Turkey’s EU membership bid Gul said that Turkey
should enact reforms. "We should enact these reforms for
ourselves. Negotiation with the EU is not only political, it is also
a technical issue. Turkey’s road map is very clear. We should take
care of our business. We should do all this because it is for the
benefit of the Turkish people," he said.
Answering a question about Sarkozy’s Mediterranean Union proposal,
Gul said, "Turkey is a Mediterranean country. The Mediterranean Union
is not an alternative to Turkey’s EU membership."