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  • ANKARA: Erdogan: Armenia Should Be Saved From The Diaspora's Control

    ERDOGAN: ARMENIA SHOULD BE SAVED FROM THE DIASPORA'S CONTROL

    Journal of Turkish Daily
    March 16 2010

    LONDON (A.A) - Turkey's prime minister said on Tuesday that Armenia
    should be saved from the diaspora's control.

    Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with his British
    counterpart Gordon Brown in London. Following the gathering, the
    two officials held a joint press conference and replied to questions
    of reporters.

    Upon a question on his recent remarks in an interview regarding the
    status of illegal Armenian migrants in Turkey, Erdogan said nearly
    170,000 Armenians lived in Turkey currently.

    "70,000 of these people are our citizens and others are living in
    Turkey illegally," Erdogan said.

    "We will not decide on such matter immediately. These people have been
    living in our country for more than 10 years. However, if developments
    continue like this, we will definitely make an assessment and take
    the necessary steps," he said.

    Replying to another question, Erdogan said Armenia should be rescued
    from the diaspora's control.

    "At this point, the Minsk Group has an important duty. It should
    fulfill such task. Once it is fulfilled, all the problems will
    naturally vanish and there will not be any problems between Turkey
    and Armenia, or between Armenia and Azerbaijan," he said.
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