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    TURKISH PM: "IT IS A DAYDREAM TO EXPECT TURKEY TO RECOGNIZE THE ALLEGED 'ARMENIAN GENOCIDE'"

    Today, Azerbaijan
    Aug 5 2006

    It is a daydream to expect Turkey to recognize the so-called Armenian
    genocide.

    "We'll not change our position regarding the alleged 'Armenian
    genocide'. Let no one expect us to change our position," Turkey's Prime
    Minister Rajab Tayyib Erdogan said while commenting on the European
    Parliament's today's decision urging Turkey to recognize the alleged
    'Armenian genocide'.

    APA's Turkey bureau reports said there are some initiatives for
    normalizing the relations between Turkey and Armenia, and the Foreign
    Ministry controls this process.

    "The European Parliament's decision is not compulsory. So, there
    is no need to exaggerate the appeals addressed from Strasbourg,"
    the Premier underlined.

    Prior to that, the European Parliament twice (in 1987 and 2005)
    appealed to Turkey for recognizing the alleged 'Armenian genocide'.

    Turkish Prime Minister wrote to Armenian President Robert Kocharian
    offering to set up a joint commission to solve the problems between
    the two countries, including the so-called 'Armenian genocide'.

    However, Armenia's response was negative.

    Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul concretely voiced Ankara's stance
    regarding this issue in his address to the parliament on 13 April.

    "Turkey will not obey any pressure and will not recognize the
    fabricated 'Armenian genocide'. The Copenhagen principles-main document
    on Turkey's EU membership discussions do not mention the necessity
    of recognition of the so-called genocide."

    URL: http://www.today.az/news/politics/29770.html
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