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ARMENIANS DIDN'T RESPOND TO OVERTURES
Cihan News Agency, Turkey
June 2 2014
Hurriyet also reported that an "interesting dialogue about the
Armenian question took place" during US Ambassador to Turkey Francis
Ricciardone's farewell visit to Cicek. The US diplomat asked Cicek
about the failure to send the Zurich Protocol, which was aimed at
paving the way toward a normalization in relations between Armenia
and Turkey, to Parliament for deliberations. Cicek's response was:
"The gravest insult to a country and society is to libel it with
accusations of genocide. This opens very serious wounds in the
relationship. It is necessary to assess the declaration by [the
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip] Erdogan on April 23 concerning the
genocide allegations. Unfortunately the US has not evaluated it
[the statement]. Turkey has taken three very important steps
for the solution of this problem. The president and the foreign
minister visited Armenia. The other side didn't even take a single
step. If a peace is to come to the South Caucasus, a normalization in
Azerbaijan-Armenia relations is imperative." Cicek said the Armenian
diaspora seems to exercise tight control over Armenia's policies. He
also called on the US to approach the issue more fairly while working
in favor of finding a solution to it.
(Cihan/Today's Zaman)
http://en.cihan.com.tr/news/AK-Party-delays-sending-deputies-to-graft-investigation-commission_8035-CHMTQ0ODAzNS8xMDA1
Cihan News Agency, Turkey
June 2 2014
Hurriyet also reported that an "interesting dialogue about the
Armenian question took place" during US Ambassador to Turkey Francis
Ricciardone's farewell visit to Cicek. The US diplomat asked Cicek
about the failure to send the Zurich Protocol, which was aimed at
paving the way toward a normalization in relations between Armenia
and Turkey, to Parliament for deliberations. Cicek's response was:
"The gravest insult to a country and society is to libel it with
accusations of genocide. This opens very serious wounds in the
relationship. It is necessary to assess the declaration by [the
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip] Erdogan on April 23 concerning the
genocide allegations. Unfortunately the US has not evaluated it
[the statement]. Turkey has taken three very important steps
for the solution of this problem. The president and the foreign
minister visited Armenia. The other side didn't even take a single
step. If a peace is to come to the South Caucasus, a normalization in
Azerbaijan-Armenia relations is imperative." Cicek said the Armenian
diaspora seems to exercise tight control over Armenia's policies. He
also called on the US to approach the issue more fairly while working
in favor of finding a solution to it.
(Cihan/Today's Zaman)
http://en.cihan.com.tr/news/AK-Party-delays-sending-deputies-to-graft-investigation-commission_8035-CHMTQ0ODAzNS8xMDA1