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    TURKEY'S PM CANCELS VISIT TO ARGENTINA OVER MEMORIAL INAUGURATION SPAT

    Winnipeg Free Press
    May 30 2010
    Canada

    ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkey says the prime minister has cancelled the
    Argentina leg of his Latin American tour to protest the annulment of
    an event honouring Turkey's late leader, under pressure by Armenian
    activists.

    Turkey's Foreign Ministry said Sunday Recep Tayyip Erdogan would
    travel to Chile from Brazil, skipping a two-day visit to Argentina.

    Erdogan was scheduled to attend a ceremony inaugurating a memorial
    to Turkey's founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. The ministry said the
    event was cancelled following lobbying by "hostile" Armenian groups
    who want Turkey to recognize the World War I-era mass killings of
    Armenians as genocide.

    It said Argentina's president called Erdogan expressing understanding
    but explained that the Buenos Aires administration's decision cannot
    be overruled.




    From: A. Papazian
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