Turk PM raps Armenia on genocide claims at meeting

WARSAW, May 17 (Reuters) Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan scolded Armenia today for raising the issue of the alleged genocide of its people 90 years ago during a summit of a pan-European human rights watchdog.
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''We do not appreciate these efforts to lobby (in favour of the Armenian claims), lobbying that has no basis in historical documents and facts,'' said Erdogan, clearly irritated.

Armenian President Robert Kocharyan mentioned the genocide issue during his address to the Council on Monday and he thanked those countries which backed Yerevan's stance.

Turkey is worried the Armenian claims could harm its plans to begin European Union entry talks in October. Some EU politicians, notably in France, home to Europe's biggest Armenian diaspora, say Ankara must accept the genocide claims.
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Turkish media said Erdogan had cancelled a planned meeting in Warsaw with Kocharyan which had been designed to underline Turkey's desire for better ties with Armenia as a protest against the reference to the genocide issue. {As reported by Armenian delegation members, there was no agreement on holding a Kocharian-Erdogan meeting and all the reports that it is being arranged was spread exclusively by Turkish media. At the same time Turkish journalists covering the CoE Summit emphasized that May 15 evening Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated there was no arrangement over meeting with Robert Kocharian. Here}
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