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    Turkish Press
    May 25 2005

    Foreign Minister Gul Leaves For Sweden


    ANKARA (AA) - Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul left for Sweden
    on Monday to attend NATO Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council Security
    Forum.
    Speaking to reporters at the airport, Gul said that he would
    chair a panel on Central Asia during the forum.
    Gul stressed that foreign ministers would discuss issues
    concerning NATO and enhancement of relations among countries, noting
    that the cooperation between NATO and international organizations
    would be discussed during meetings in Sweden.
    Gul noted that Turkish State Minister Guldal Aksit and he would
    attend a panel discussion on women's rights in Swedish capital of
    Stockholm on Tuesday (May 24th).
    When asked whether or not the decision on holding a possible
    early elections in Germany would affect Turkey's EU membership
    process, Gul said that such political developments could happen in
    democratic communities any time, adding that Turkey's EU process
    would not be affected by such developments.
    ''Turkey has relations with countries, not with political
    parties,'' he indicated.
    Gul underlined that if Turkey fulfilled what was required for
    its accession to the union, there would not be a change in the
    process.
    Replying to a question on works carried out by Turkey against
    countries of which parliaments adopted bills on so-called Armenian
    genocide, Gul noted that such works should be carried out
    fastidiously. Stating that they considered so far that the issue
    should be investigated by historians, Gul noted that however Turkey
    pursued a more active policy on the issue in the last few months. He
    added, ''we are carrying out a series of works.''
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