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    THREE PROVISIONS FROM TURKEY-SCEPTIC SARKOZY

    Journal of Turkish Weekly, Turkey
    Oct 9 2006

    PARIS and ANKARA - French Minister of Internal Affairs Sarkozy has
    set up three pre-conditions after Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
    Erdogan demanded support on so-called 'Armenian genocide' draft bill.

    Sarkozy sets up three conditions

    French Minister of Internal Affiars Sarkozy has set up three conditions
    for Prime Minister Erdoðan in return for retreat his support from
    the Armenian genocide denial bill:

    * No historian-condition should be imposed in the commission which
    will investigate the Armenian claims

    * Turkey will remove clause 301 which limits freedom of thought

    * Turkey will open the borders to Armenia

    French sources claimed that Prime Minister Erdoðan has responded
    Sarkozy's conditions by saying: "I will think about this."

    Meanwhile France's "Armenian genocide bill" has caused ailment in
    Algeria. Algerians have blamed France for being hypocritical since
    France had refused to recognize massacres in Algeria as "genocide".

    Turkey called Armenia to set up a joint commission to discuss the
    historical disputes. However the Yerevan Government strongly rejected
    Turkey's offer. Armenians say "there is nothing to be discussed.

    Turkey-Armenia territorial borders have been closed since the Armenian
    forces occupied neigbouring Azerbaijan's territories. 20 percent of
    Azerbaijan is still under the Armenian occupation yet France put no
    pressure on Armenia for the occupation. Azerbaijan and Turkey blame
    France of being in Christian solidarity with Armenia.

    Turkey and Azerbaijan are both Turkish and Muslim countries.

    Turkey-Armenian air borders are open for air traffic. More than 70,000
    Armenia citizens live and work in Turkey.

    Armenia does not recognise Turkey's national borders and accuse
    Turkey of not recognising its genocide claims. Turkey says the 1915
    events was communal clashes and more than 520,000 Muslim Ottomans
    were massacred by the armed Armenian forces.

    --Boundary_(ID_LEulbaZKlzeNI75Rft8oPQ)--
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