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ARMENIA NOT TO SUPPORT TURKEY'S BID FOR OSCE LEADERSHIP POST
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Monday, February 14th, 2011
Gul and Sarkisian in 2008
YEREVAN (Combined Sources)-A diplomatic source said that Armenia would
not support a request from Turkey to support a bid for the highest
leadership post within the Organization for Security and Cooperation
in Europe, reported PanArmenian.net.
The source told the news agency that Armenia provides support to
friendly countries, saying Turkey was not one. "Turkey has applied
with a similar request several times before, but was rejected,"
the source to PanArmenian.net.
Turkish media reported Monday that Turkish President Abdullah Gul
was planning to ask President Serzh Sarkisian for Armenia's support
for Turkey's candidate for the post of secretary general of the OSCE.
The report, first published by Haberturk, added that Turkey's candidate
Ersin Ercin would personally hand the letter to Sarkisian.
This is being characterized by Turkey as a gesture of goodwill
toward Armenia.
Ercin faces a challenge from three EU candidates: Ursula Plassnik,
the former foreign minister of Austria; Lamberto Zannier, a career
Italian diplomat currently in charge of the U.N. mission in Kosovo; and
Joao Soares from Portugal, the former head of the OSCE Parliamentary
Assembly.
Current OSCE Secretary-General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut's term in
office is set to expire in 2011.
From: A. Papazian
asbarez
Monday, February 14th, 2011
Gul and Sarkisian in 2008
YEREVAN (Combined Sources)-A diplomatic source said that Armenia would
not support a request from Turkey to support a bid for the highest
leadership post within the Organization for Security and Cooperation
in Europe, reported PanArmenian.net.
The source told the news agency that Armenia provides support to
friendly countries, saying Turkey was not one. "Turkey has applied
with a similar request several times before, but was rejected,"
the source to PanArmenian.net.
Turkish media reported Monday that Turkish President Abdullah Gul
was planning to ask President Serzh Sarkisian for Armenia's support
for Turkey's candidate for the post of secretary general of the OSCE.
The report, first published by Haberturk, added that Turkey's candidate
Ersin Ercin would personally hand the letter to Sarkisian.
This is being characterized by Turkey as a gesture of goodwill
toward Armenia.
Ercin faces a challenge from three EU candidates: Ursula Plassnik,
the former foreign minister of Austria; Lamberto Zannier, a career
Italian diplomat currently in charge of the U.N. mission in Kosovo; and
Joao Soares from Portugal, the former head of the OSCE Parliamentary
Assembly.
Current OSCE Secretary-General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut's term in
office is set to expire in 2011.
From: A. Papazian