Thursday, May 05, 2005

Erdoğan might meet with Kocharyan: FM

Turkey seems to be listening to the US advice Kennedy on Armenian Issue: Unify Your Suggestions .

While saying that no direct plans had been made to hold informal discussions between the two, there was a chance such talks could take place, Foreign Minister Abdullah Gül said “There is nothing planned but it could happen,” Gül said.

Turkey is also taking notice of the laws enacted against the Armenian genocide

Ankara was taking measures to prevent the making of statements saying there was no Armenian genocide a criminal offence in some countries, Gül said, adding that he had held talks with his Belgian counterpart stressing the mistakes made by his country over the issue of the alleged Armenian genocide.

I wished that Turkey had not spoiled its good effort by making the satement below.

Gül also told Belgium that preventing the expression of thought of an individual was in contradiction to the fundamental principles of Europe.

Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears on:
http://www.ntvmsnbc.com/news/322385.asp
Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...].The bold emphasis is mine.

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