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ERDOGAN CANCELS ARGENTINA TRIP DUE TO ARMENIAN INTERFERENCE
All Headline News
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7018849807
May 31 2010
America, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan canceled a
scheduled two-day visit to Argentina May 30 to 31.
Turkish foreign ministry officials said Erdogan was was supposed to
attend the inauguration in Buenos Aires of a monument to the founder
of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
But, city officials called off the event due to "hostile" interference
from Armenian pressure groups.
Turkey and Armenia are still in dispute over the 1915 massacre of
Armenians by the Ottoman Turks.
Ankara has adamantly refused to recognize the mass killing as genocide
despite the fact that 42 countries, including Argentina, have done so.
The Turkish foreign ministry said, "Argentine authorities are expected
to take necessary steps to remove the shadow cast on relations between
Turkey and Argentina after the wrong decision made by autonomous
Buenos Aires administration."
The ministry added that from Brazil, Erdogan is proceeding to Chile.
From: A. Papazian
All Headline News
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7018849807
May 31 2010
America, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan canceled a
scheduled two-day visit to Argentina May 30 to 31.
Turkish foreign ministry officials said Erdogan was was supposed to
attend the inauguration in Buenos Aires of a monument to the founder
of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
But, city officials called off the event due to "hostile" interference
from Armenian pressure groups.
Turkey and Armenia are still in dispute over the 1915 massacre of
Armenians by the Ottoman Turks.
Ankara has adamantly refused to recognize the mass killing as genocide
despite the fact that 42 countries, including Argentina, have done so.
The Turkish foreign ministry said, "Argentine authorities are expected
to take necessary steps to remove the shadow cast on relations between
Turkey and Argentina after the wrong decision made by autonomous
Buenos Aires administration."
The ministry added that from Brazil, Erdogan is proceeding to Chile.
From: A. Papazian