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  • Turkey Doesn't Eye Armenia As Enemy But Warns U.S. Against Genocide

    TURKEY DOESN'T EYE ARMENIA AS ENEMY BUT WARNS U.S. AGAINST GENOCIDE RECOGNITION

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    30.10.2008 18:01 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ The chief foreign policy adviser to Prime Minister
    Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday that Turkey does not view Armenia
    as a threat or an enemy and that he is hopeful for reconciliation.

    "We should open our hearts, minds and arms to each other," Ahmet
    Davutoglu told a news conference in Washington.

    But speaking to Turkish reporters later, he also warned that a
    potential formal recognition by the United States of the Armenian
    Genocide would greatly damage the U.S.-Turkish relationship and hurt
    Turkey's efforts to reconcile with Armenia.

    Turkey will renounce partnership with the U.S. in case the latter
    recognizes the Genocide, according to him.

    Erdogan sent two foreign policy officials to meet the advisors of
    both U.S. presidential candidates Democrat Barack Obama and Republican
    John McCain in the United States.

    Ahmet Davutoglu, chief foreign policy advisor to Erdogan and Suat
    Kiniklioglu, deputy chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of
    the Turkish parliament are instructed to convey Turkey's stance on
    a number of crucial issues, including PKK terrorism, the Armenian
    Genocide issue, Cyprus and other regional problems, to the advisors
    of both candidates.

    The officials are also expected to reiterate Turkey's aspiration to
    continue cooperation against the PKK and reaffirm that their country
    looks favorably on the territorial integrity of Iraq.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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