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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.
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.