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ERDOGAN VISITING SWEDEN TO PREVENT DISCUSSION OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BILL?
PanARMENIAN.Net
03.04.2008 14:20 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ It was a surprise to hear that the Turkish Prime
Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was coming for a visit to Stockholm,
Sweden on April 1-3 to meet his Swedish counterpart Fredrik Reinfeldt
for negotiation, the Union of Armenian Associations in Sweden told
PanARMENIAN.Net.
It was said bilateral questions and negotiation for an agreement
about EU membership is on the agenda. But the Armenian Union in Sweden
cannot help wondering if this really is the reason for the meeting.
Mr Fredrik Reinfeldt wrote a letter to the Armenian Union earlier
to inform of the demands Turkey has to face before the membership
talks. But Vahagn Avedian, the chairman for the Armenian Union wonders
if those demands have a more profound meaning or not.
"Turkey breaks the law when it comes to human rights, freedom of
religion and freedom of speech and oppresses the minorities by
governmentally financed hate-campaigns," he said.
"The fact that the Turkish Prime Minister is visiting Sweden just
two weeks before the discussion of the Armenian Genocide bill in the
parliamentary committee on foreign affairs due on April 17, 2008, makes
it difficult to ignore what the real purpose of his visit actually is."
Avedian reminded that Erdogan's press conference in Sofia was postponed
to prevent Bulgarian members of the parliament to ask questions about
the Armenian Genocide.
"Is the reason for the visit to Sweden to somehow prevent the
parliamentary bill about the Armenian Genocide in the Swedish
Parliament? It is well known that Turkey is spending a great amount
of money on propaganda to hamper international recognition of the
Armenian Genocide in 1915," he said. "It would be unfortunate if
Erdogan's visit affected the Swedish foreign policy."
PanARMENIAN.Net
03.04.2008 14:20 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ It was a surprise to hear that the Turkish Prime
Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was coming for a visit to Stockholm,
Sweden on April 1-3 to meet his Swedish counterpart Fredrik Reinfeldt
for negotiation, the Union of Armenian Associations in Sweden told
PanARMENIAN.Net.
It was said bilateral questions and negotiation for an agreement
about EU membership is on the agenda. But the Armenian Union in Sweden
cannot help wondering if this really is the reason for the meeting.
Mr Fredrik Reinfeldt wrote a letter to the Armenian Union earlier
to inform of the demands Turkey has to face before the membership
talks. But Vahagn Avedian, the chairman for the Armenian Union wonders
if those demands have a more profound meaning or not.
"Turkey breaks the law when it comes to human rights, freedom of
religion and freedom of speech and oppresses the minorities by
governmentally financed hate-campaigns," he said.
"The fact that the Turkish Prime Minister is visiting Sweden just
two weeks before the discussion of the Armenian Genocide bill in the
parliamentary committee on foreign affairs due on April 17, 2008, makes
it difficult to ignore what the real purpose of his visit actually is."
Avedian reminded that Erdogan's press conference in Sofia was postponed
to prevent Bulgarian members of the parliament to ask questions about
the Armenian Genocide.
"Is the reason for the visit to Sweden to somehow prevent the
parliamentary bill about the Armenian Genocide in the Swedish
Parliament? It is well known that Turkey is spending a great amount
of money on propaganda to hamper international recognition of the
Armenian Genocide in 1915," he said. "It would be unfortunate if
Erdogan's visit affected the Swedish foreign policy."