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OBAMA, ERDOGAN DISCUSS KARABAKH, ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BILLS AT SEOUL TALKS
http://www.armenianow.com/karabakh/36779/obama_erdogan_karabakh_genocide_seoul
26.03.12 | 12:15
Photo: www.sabah.com.tr
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan (left) and U.S. President
Barack Obama
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan has suggested to U.S. President
Barack Obama that Turkey and the OSCE Minsk Group join efforts in
solving the long-standing Karabakh conflict.
Meeting in Seoul, South Korea, on Sunday, ahead of the Nuclear
Security Summit, the two leaders reportedly focused on the current
situation around Syria, but also discussed the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict. Erdogan also expressed Turkey's discontent over the new
resolution in the U.S. Congress regarding the Armenian Genocide.
"I reminded Obama that during the past two decades the OSCE Minsk
Group has not succeeded in settling the conflict between Armenia and
Azerbaijan. And since the issue has reached a deadlock, I suggested
that we talk to Azeris and Minsk Group co-chairing France, Russia
and the United States try to persuade Armenia, so that they can solve
the issue," said Erdogan, as quoted by the Turkish Sabah newspaper.
"I told Obama that we are tired. Every year in April we face the same
problem, whether Republicans come [to power] or Democrats, the issue
remains the same. I showed him the steps we had taken, brought Akhtamar
as an example," said Erdogan, referring to the reconstruction of the
medieval Armenian church in the Van lake island of Akhtamar in 2010,
and the permission to Armenian Christians to hold liturgies there
once a year.
The Turkish premier called on Obama "not to mistake U.S. senators,
lawmakers and politicians for historians".
A number of U.S. House Resolutions calling for the recognition of
the Ottoman-era killings and deportations of 1.5 million Armenians
as genocide have been submitted to the U.S. Congress over the past
few years; the most recent one was formally introduced at the Senate
last week.
http://www.armenianow.com/karabakh/36779/obama_erdogan_karabakh_genocide_seoul
26.03.12 | 12:15
Photo: www.sabah.com.tr
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan (left) and U.S. President
Barack Obama
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan has suggested to U.S. President
Barack Obama that Turkey and the OSCE Minsk Group join efforts in
solving the long-standing Karabakh conflict.
Meeting in Seoul, South Korea, on Sunday, ahead of the Nuclear
Security Summit, the two leaders reportedly focused on the current
situation around Syria, but also discussed the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict. Erdogan also expressed Turkey's discontent over the new
resolution in the U.S. Congress regarding the Armenian Genocide.
"I reminded Obama that during the past two decades the OSCE Minsk
Group has not succeeded in settling the conflict between Armenia and
Azerbaijan. And since the issue has reached a deadlock, I suggested
that we talk to Azeris and Minsk Group co-chairing France, Russia
and the United States try to persuade Armenia, so that they can solve
the issue," said Erdogan, as quoted by the Turkish Sabah newspaper.
"I told Obama that we are tired. Every year in April we face the same
problem, whether Republicans come [to power] or Democrats, the issue
remains the same. I showed him the steps we had taken, brought Akhtamar
as an example," said Erdogan, referring to the reconstruction of the
medieval Armenian church in the Van lake island of Akhtamar in 2010,
and the permission to Armenian Christians to hold liturgies there
once a year.
The Turkish premier called on Obama "not to mistake U.S. senators,
lawmakers and politicians for historians".
A number of U.S. House Resolutions calling for the recognition of
the Ottoman-era killings and deportations of 1.5 million Armenians
as genocide have been submitted to the U.S. Congress over the past
few years; the most recent one was formally introduced at the Senate
last week.