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FM READIES FOR SYRIA, FRENCH BILL TALKS IN US
Hurriyet Daily News
Feb 2 2012
Turkey
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will have talks with U.S. Secretary
of State Hillary Clinton in his work visit to Washington between Feb.
8 and 13.
Recent developments in the region including Arab League and United
Nations Security Council initiatives on Syria, political tension in
Iraq and United States sanctions against Iran are expected to be high
on the talk agenda.
He will also seek to ensure Congress does not take up any move on
the Armenian genocide allegations issue ahead of April 24, diplomatic
sources said.
Armenian-Americans traditionally urge U.S. presidents and Congress
to officially recognize World War I-era deaths of their kinsmen in
the Ottoman Empire as "genocide" around this time of year.
Each year a bill related to the issue arrives in Congress, but
this year Turkey is expected to face a greater challenge due to the
approaching elections in the U.S. During his visit Davutoglu will also
deliver a speech at the American Turkish Council (ATC) and participate
in a meeting at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
(CSIS). The Turkish foreign minister and Clinton are also expected
to meet at the Munich Conference this week.
Boyer vows to fight to end ANKARA - Hurriyet Daily News
French lawmaker Valerie Boyer, architect of the controversial
bill criminalizing denial of Armenian "genocide," expressed her
disappointment the bill was taken to the Constitutional Council and
said she will fight to the end for this cause.
"Even if this is not a surprise, I am disappointed to see that some
parliamentarians prefer legalism to humanism," Boyer, from the ranks of
the ruling Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party, said in a Facebook
post. "Although I respect their decision, since it is their right,
I share the pain of the families that the memory of the victims is
once again proven by this procedure. For me, the pressure exerted
by a foreign state denial should not outweigh a universal cause,
on the defense of human rights and the size of France," she said.
"Anyway, I remained convinced that it is not admissible on French
territory that the memory of the victims of genocides recognized
by France is not protected in the same way! It is unequal treatment
and cruel perfectly unacceptable discrimination against which I will
fight to the end," the parliamentary member said.
Hurriyet Daily News
Feb 2 2012
Turkey
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will have talks with U.S. Secretary
of State Hillary Clinton in his work visit to Washington between Feb.
8 and 13.
Recent developments in the region including Arab League and United
Nations Security Council initiatives on Syria, political tension in
Iraq and United States sanctions against Iran are expected to be high
on the talk agenda.
He will also seek to ensure Congress does not take up any move on
the Armenian genocide allegations issue ahead of April 24, diplomatic
sources said.
Armenian-Americans traditionally urge U.S. presidents and Congress
to officially recognize World War I-era deaths of their kinsmen in
the Ottoman Empire as "genocide" around this time of year.
Each year a bill related to the issue arrives in Congress, but
this year Turkey is expected to face a greater challenge due to the
approaching elections in the U.S. During his visit Davutoglu will also
deliver a speech at the American Turkish Council (ATC) and participate
in a meeting at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
(CSIS). The Turkish foreign minister and Clinton are also expected
to meet at the Munich Conference this week.
Boyer vows to fight to end ANKARA - Hurriyet Daily News
French lawmaker Valerie Boyer, architect of the controversial
bill criminalizing denial of Armenian "genocide," expressed her
disappointment the bill was taken to the Constitutional Council and
said she will fight to the end for this cause.
"Even if this is not a surprise, I am disappointed to see that some
parliamentarians prefer legalism to humanism," Boyer, from the ranks of
the ruling Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party, said in a Facebook
post. "Although I respect their decision, since it is their right,
I share the pain of the families that the memory of the victims is
once again proven by this procedure. For me, the pressure exerted
by a foreign state denial should not outweigh a universal cause,
on the defense of human rights and the size of France," she said.
"Anyway, I remained convinced that it is not admissible on French
territory that the memory of the victims of genocides recognized
by France is not protected in the same way! It is unequal treatment
and cruel perfectly unacceptable discrimination against which I will
fight to the end," the parliamentary member said.