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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Turkish FM urges Hamas to give up arms

"Turkish FM urges Hamas to give up arms
(AFP)

27 January 2009

ANKARA - Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan has urged the Palestinian movement Hamas to lay down its arms and engage in peaceful politics, in newspaper interviews published Tuesday.

‘Hamas should make a decision: is it going to be an armed organisation or a political movement? We advise them to be part of the political process,’ Babacan told the popular Milliyet daily."

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