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ERDOGAN ACCUSES SARKOZY OF MAKING "ELECTION INVESTMENT"
PanARMENIAN.Net
October 11, 2011 - 17:07 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey's Prime Minister on Tuesday, October 11,
urged "honesty" in politics and slammed French President Nicolas
Sarkozy's call for Ankara to recognize the Armenian Genocide.
Today's Zaman reports that speaking in Turkish parliament, Prime
Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticized Sarkozy for "using different
languages when he spoke in Turkey, France and Armenia."
"This is not political leadership. Politics, first of all, requires
honesty," said Erdogan.
When in Yerevan last week, Sarkozy urged Ankara to recognize, within a
"very brief" period, the 1915 Armenian Genocide at the hands of the
Ottoman Empire. "From 1915 to 2011, it seems to be enough (time)
for reflection," Sarkozy said.
Erdogan accused the French leader of making "election investment,"
linked to French presidential elections next year. "There are 600,000
Armenians in your country but also 500,000 Turks. You have relations
with Turkey," he threatened.
"Bearing the title of statesman requires thinking about next
generations, not next elections," Erdogan said.
From: A. Papazian
PanARMENIAN.Net
October 11, 2011 - 17:07 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey's Prime Minister on Tuesday, October 11,
urged "honesty" in politics and slammed French President Nicolas
Sarkozy's call for Ankara to recognize the Armenian Genocide.
Today's Zaman reports that speaking in Turkish parliament, Prime
Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticized Sarkozy for "using different
languages when he spoke in Turkey, France and Armenia."
"This is not political leadership. Politics, first of all, requires
honesty," said Erdogan.
When in Yerevan last week, Sarkozy urged Ankara to recognize, within a
"very brief" period, the 1915 Armenian Genocide at the hands of the
Ottoman Empire. "From 1915 to 2011, it seems to be enough (time)
for reflection," Sarkozy said.
Erdogan accused the French leader of making "election investment,"
linked to French presidential elections next year. "There are 600,000
Armenians in your country but also 500,000 Turks. You have relations
with Turkey," he threatened.
"Bearing the title of statesman requires thinking about next
generations, not next elections," Erdogan said.
From: A. Papazian