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    NATO SECRETARY GENERAL: I DID NOT PROMISE TO CLOSE DOWN ROJ TV

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    06.04.2009 17:00 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ We have to establish dialogue with the Islamic
    world and prevent any manifestations of racial and religious
    discrimination, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO new secretary-general
    stated at NATO 60th-anniversary summit. "I'm opposed to religious,
    ethnic and cultural discrimination of people."

    Dwelling on Mohammed Cartoons published by Danish newspaper, he said
    that they were misinterpreted as a sign of disrespect to Islamic
    World. "We need intercultural dialogue and understanding," TRT-2
    cited Rasmussen as saying.

    Rasmussen, who was elected new secretary-general of NATO after Turkey
    lifted its veto, stressed that he did not promise to close down Roj TV.

    Earlier, Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters
    that his government's requests had included the closure of a Kurdish
    satellite television broadcaster based in Denmark; the establishment
    of contacts between NATO and Islamic countries; appointment of a Turk
    as an aide to Fogh Rasmussen and senior NATO command positions for
    Turkish generals.

    Erdogan said President Barack Obama had been heavily involved in
    the negotiations.

    "Our president gave his approval after receiving information that our
    reservations have been addressed under the guarantorship of Obama,"
    Erdogan said.
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