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    BARACK OBAMA MEETS TURKISH PRESIDENT

    ArmInfo
    2009-04-06 15:06:00

    ArmInfo. Within the frames of his two-day visit to Turkey, US President
    Barack Obama met Head of the Turkish State Abdullah Gul.

    As Turkish sources report, the main topic for the U.S. was
    expected to be Turkey's support during the troop withdrawal
    from Iraq. The Afghanistan-Pakistan conflict, energy diplomacy,
    Iran and stronger transatlantic relations, as well as the Armenian
    Genocide and its possible recognition by the USA were also expected
    to be discussed. After the meeting the sides were to give a joint
    press-conference.

    After his meeting with Gul, Obama is make a speech at the Turkish
    Parliament. During his visit to Parliament, he will hold talks with
    the speaker as well as with the leaders of political parties. Obama
    officially began his Turkey visit after laying a wreath at Anitkabir,
    the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, to pay his respects to the
    founder of the modern Turkish Republic. "I am honored to pay tribute
    to Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, a man whose vision, tenacity, and courage
    put the Republic of Turkey on the path of democracy and whose legacy
    continues to inspire generations around the world.

    To note, Ataturk continued his predecessors Young Turks' policy of
    the Armenian Genocide in East Armenia. It was he that expressed the
    intention to destroy the Armenian army and Armenian State, and fight
    any movement aiming to create independent Armenia. Furthermore, he
    headed the pogroms and massacre of the Christian population during
    the Armenian-Turkish (1920) and Greek-Turkish (1919-22) wars.
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