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    Anatolia News Agency, Turkey
    Sept 14 2008



    TURKEY NOT TO ACCEPT PRECONDITIONS TO IMPROVE TIES WITH ARMENIA -
    PARTY OFFICIAL


    Ankara, 14 September: An executive of the governing Justice &
    Development (AK) Party has said that Turkey would never accept a
    pre-condition of recognition of some Armenian circles' allegations
    about incidents of 1915 to improve its relations with Armenia.

    Speaking at the panel discussion "Whither Turkey" hosted by the
    Eastern Institute during the Krynica Economic Forum, one of the most
    prestigious forums in eastern Europe, in Polish capital city of
    Warsaw, Egemen Bagis, deputy chairman of the AK Party, said, "Turkish
    Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan proposed Armenia to establish a
    joint commission with the participation of the third countries and to
    open archives. Armenia has not yet given a response to Turkey's
    proposal."

    "Turkish President Abdullah Gul's paying a visit to Armenia upon
    invitation of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan is the most concrete
    sign of Turkey's good-will. On the other hand, more than one million
    documents examined upon directives of Turkey proved that those bitter
    events were not genocide, but a civil war during a world war."

    Bagis added that Turkey would never accept a pre-condition of
    recognition of some Armenian circles' allegations about incidents of
    1915 to improve its relations with Armenia.
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