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    SWITZERLAND'S JUSTICE MINISTER VISITS TURKEY
    Geri Don Gonder Yazýcý

    Dunya online, Turkey
    Oct 5 2006

    Switzerland's visiting Justice and Policy Minister Christoph Blocher
    yesterday met with Justice Minister Cemil Cicek. Speaking to reporters
    after their talks, Cicek pointed to the importance of international
    cooperation against terrorism.

    Stressing that terrorism was a crime against humanity, Cicek called
    on all countries to do their best and make genuine efforts on the
    matter. Cicek stated that terrorists were traveling to Europe after
    committing crimes in Turkey and seeking shelter and in the process
    violating democratic rights, adding that these demands for asylum
    had no basis. "This fact should be well understood by Europeans,
    and we expect them to act on that," said Cicek.

    He also said that the so-called Armenian genocide issue was also
    taken up during their talks. For his part, Blocher said that the law
    in Switzerland penalizing people who question the Armenian genocide
    was also giving them trouble, adding that the issue should be left
    to historians.

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