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ARMENIAN FM: "ARTICLE 301 IS A BARRIER TO DEBATE ON GENOCIDE ALLEGATIONS"
Turkish Press
Milliyet
Oct 11 2007
Press Review
Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian yesterday called on Turkey
to abolish controversial Turkish Penal Code (TCK) Article 301.
Speaking to the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee,
Oskanian said the article is a barrier to open debate on the so-called
Armenian genocide issue. Referring to Turkey 's proposal to set up
a commission of historians to discuss the events of 1915, Oskanian
said this offer has been used by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
Erdogan to put Armenia in a difficult position.
Turkish Press
Milliyet
Oct 11 2007
Press Review
Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian yesterday called on Turkey
to abolish controversial Turkish Penal Code (TCK) Article 301.
Speaking to the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee,
Oskanian said the article is a barrier to open debate on the so-called
Armenian genocide issue. Referring to Turkey 's proposal to set up
a commission of historians to discuss the events of 1915, Oskanian
said this offer has been used by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
Erdogan to put Armenia in a difficult position.