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  • ANKARA: Turkey Armenia Set For Agreed Road Map

    TURKEY ARMENIA SET FOR AGREED ROAD MAP

    Hurriyet
    April 30 2009
    Turkey

    ANKARA - Following the announcement of a road map for the normalization
    of Turkish-Armenian relations, the political consultation process
    between the two countries will start in one or two weeks, Foreign
    Minister Ali Babacan said yesterday.

    Speaking to Parliament, Babacan responded to questions from opposition
    deputies on U.S President Barack Obama's April 24 statement on the
    events of 1915. Reiterating that some of Obama's expressions were
    unacceptable to Turkey, Babacan said that Ankara "would continue to
    deny unfounded claims." "The fact that hundreds of thousands of Turks
    who lost their lives is not mentioned in the speech is its greatest
    insufficiency.

    We conveyed our views on President Barack Obama's speech to the
    U.S. Secretary of State on April 27, he said. "History may only be
    written based on indisputable evidence and documents. We support the
    envisioned Turkish Armenian dialogue's historical aspect only under
    these circumstances," Babacan noted.

    Babacan said he also expressed Turkey's discomfort to U.S. Secretary
    of State Hillary Clinton over the phone and made it clear that the
    joint commission foreseen to be formed between the two countries
    could only depend on undisputed evidence and documents.
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