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Thursday, June 16, 2005

JTW News - Turkish FM: "Turkey�s Priority is So-Called Genocide"

"Turkish FM: 'Turkey's Priority is So-Called Genocide'
Combating allegations that the Ottoman Empire committed acts of genocide against its Armenian citizens during the First World War was one of Ankara�s main priorities, G�l said Thursday.

BRUSSELS - The Foreign Minister said that Ankara had strongly warned countries against putting the so-called Armenian genocide issue onto their agendas.

In an interview that appeared in the Brussels based magazine Anadolu, Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said the Justice and Development government had managed to refute the Armenian claims using a well prepared, coherent and active strategy."

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