UK QUEEN GOING TO SUPPORT TURKEY FOR EU?
PanARMENIAN.Net
13.05.2008 15:07 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Queen Elizabeth II of England and her husband, the
Duke of Edinburgh are arriving in Turkey on May 13 on an official
visit. The crown-bearing couple has accepted an invitation from
President Abdullah Gul. The Queen will be visiting Turkey for only
the second time; her first visit was back in 1971.
According to information provided by the British Consulate General
in Istanbul, the queen’s program will include Ankara, Bursa and
Istanbul. The Queen and her husband will be accompanied by British
foreign secretary David Miliband.
"Diplomatic officials have already interpreted the visit as British
support for Turkey’s bid to join the European Union, which still denies
accession on the pretext of the Armenian Genocide and other issues,"
Komsomolskaya Pravda reports.