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    ITN, UK
    March 5 2010


    Turkey to push peace with Armenia despite US vote

    Fri Mar 5 2010 12:40:26

    Turkey said on Friday it would push on with efforts to normalise ties
    with Armenia despite a US congressional panel vote labelling as
    genocide the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks in 1915.

    Turkish leaders reacted with fury over the approval on Thursday of the
    non-binding resolution by the US House of Representatives Foreign
    Affairs Committee, although it was unclear whether the bill would be
    considered by the full House.

    President Abdullah Gul, whose visit to Armenia in 2008 led to the
    peace initiative, said the US vote would hurt efforts to bring peace
    and stability to the South Caucasus, a volatile region with pipelines
    taking oil and gas to the West.

    Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said the US action had jeopardised
    chances of Turkey's parliament ratifying peace accords with Armenia,
    but that the government would push on with efforts to resolve disputes
    with its old foe.

    "We are determined to press ahead with normalisation of relations with
    Armenia," Davutoglu told a news conference hours after Turkey recalled
    its ambassador from Washington.

    Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan warned of possible damage to relations
    with the United States, which could undermine President Barack Obama's
    goal of building a "strategic partnership" with Turkey, a Muslim, yet
    secular country.



    http://itn.co.uk/916ca676ddee9a03090c9 281ef3af7ce.html
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