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TURKEY SLAMS OBAMA AND FRENCH LEADERS ON ARMENIAN KILLINGS
Hurriyet
April 26 2012
Turkey
Turkey expressed "deep regret" over United States President Barrack
Obama's April 24 statement on the Armenian massacres, saying that it
was "extremely problematic and distorting historical facts."
A foreign ministry statement said that Obama "once again demonstrated
a baseless approach reflecting the Armenian views regarding the
dispute between Turks and Armenians on the painful part of their
common history." It cautioned that such "one-sided statements are
not only misguided, but also make the normalization of Turkey and
Armenia relations difficult" and called on Washington "to encourage
the Armenian side, which avoids mutual historical research, to be
more realistic and conciliatory."
Ankara made a similar statement last year after Obama, heeding previous
U.S. presidents, avoided the "genocide" word in his statement,
while calling the killings a "great disaster" (Meds Yeghern), The
foreign ministry also denounced French President Nicolas Sarkozy and
presidential candidate Francois Hollande for attending "genocide"
commemoration ceremonies in Paris, stressing that the two had
"displayed another example of politically exploiting disputed
historical issues."
From: Baghdasarian
Hurriyet
April 26 2012
Turkey
Turkey expressed "deep regret" over United States President Barrack
Obama's April 24 statement on the Armenian massacres, saying that it
was "extremely problematic and distorting historical facts."
A foreign ministry statement said that Obama "once again demonstrated
a baseless approach reflecting the Armenian views regarding the
dispute between Turks and Armenians on the painful part of their
common history." It cautioned that such "one-sided statements are
not only misguided, but also make the normalization of Turkey and
Armenia relations difficult" and called on Washington "to encourage
the Armenian side, which avoids mutual historical research, to be
more realistic and conciliatory."
Ankara made a similar statement last year after Obama, heeding previous
U.S. presidents, avoided the "genocide" word in his statement,
while calling the killings a "great disaster" (Meds Yeghern), The
foreign ministry also denounced French President Nicolas Sarkozy and
presidential candidate Francois Hollande for attending "genocide"
commemoration ceremonies in Paris, stressing that the two had
"displayed another example of politically exploiting disputed
historical issues."
From: Baghdasarian