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    ERDOGAN ON CANCELLATION OF HIS VISIT TO ARGENTINA

    Today's Zaman
    May 31 2010
    Turkey

    Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, "we had to do what
    suit to Turkey's honor and we believe we did it," while commenting
    on cancellation of his visit to Argentina.

    Addressing the businessmen who joined his tour of South America,
    Erdogan said, "visit to Argentina was planned before. Related
    ministries of the two countries agreed to build a bust of Mustafa
    Kemal Ataturk, the founder of the modern Republic of Turkey, in Buenos
    Aires. There were serious efforts by Armenian lobby in Buenos Aires
    in the past 2-3 days and it was stated that there was around 200,000
    Armenian population. The Armenians put an intensive pressure. There
    is an autonomous administration there. The incident does not depend
    on the central administration."

    He said, "Argentine president called me and said they could not
    change the situation there. We told her that it was impossible for
    us to pay a visit to Argentina. They have offered us alternatives. We
    made assessments and removed Argentina from the program."

    Erdogan was scheduled to pay a two-day visit to Argentina on May 30
    and 31. The bust of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of Turkey, would
    be inaugurated at Jorge Newbury park during Erdogan's visit.




    From: A. Papazian
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