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    ERDOGAN CALLS FRANCE TO WITHDRAW FROM OSCE MG

    Anadolu Agency
    Feb 13 2012
    Turkey

    Turkish premier has called on France to quit as a member of a group
    aimed at securing a settlement to the conflict between Azerbaijan
    and Armenia over Upper Karabakh.

    "France has clearly shown that it is a side [in the Upper Karabakh
    dispute] after adopting a law penalizing denial of Armenian allegations
    on Ottoman era incidents of 1915, which is why it has to step down
    from the Minsk Group," Recep Tayyip Erdogan told an interview on the
    Azeri national TV network, ANS.

    Erdogan said French President Nicolas Sarkozy had never been fair and
    sincere in his relations with Armenians, adding that his judgement
    as a Minsk member could not be trusted.

    Upper house of the French parliament adopted last month a law that
    makes denial of Armenian allegations punishable with a prison term
    of one year and a fine of 45 thousand euros.

    Minsk Group, with the U.S., Russia and France as members, is an OSCE
    initiative aimed at encouraging a peaceful, negotiated resolution to
    the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Upper Karabakh region.

    Erdogan said Turkey fiercely rejected allegations of the Armenian
    diaspora and he reiterated Turkey's proposal to open archives to
    scientific research by a group of independent historians into the
    incidents of 1915.

    The Turkish premier said Turkey awaited a prospective decision by a
    French constitutional council on the fate of the denial law, which
    could be annulled by the council.

    Syria Crisis

    Responding to a question over the ongoing popular uprising in Syria,
    Erdogan said that it was high time for President Bashar al Assad to
    step down as the number of casualties in the country had exceeded
    7 thousand.

    "Bashar has to quit his post immediately. Syrian people have no more
    confidence in this leadership," Erdogan said. "They are killing
    children, women and elderly people. And all of this is happening
    right before our eyes yet some remain silent to the tragedy."



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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