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  • ISTANBUL: Turkish MFA slams Aznavour's comments on Erdogan

    Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
    March 30 2013

    Turkish Foreign Ministry slams Aznavour's comments on ErdoÄ?an

    ANKARA - Anatolia News Agency

    The Turkish Foreign Ministry has strongly refuted the comments on
    Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄ?an made by famous French
    singer of Armenian origin, Charles Aznavour.

    Aznavour, who also serves as Armenia's ambassador to Switzerland, had
    said during a program broadcasted on Swiss television that ErdoÄ?an had
    said in the past that "he hated Armenians and Greeks."

    Foreign Ministry spokesman Levent Gümrükçü said in a written statement
    that they did not understand where Azanvour's claim arose from. "We
    strongly refute this unfounded and meaningless accusation. We have
    insistingly emphasized that it is wrong to revive animosity from
    history," the statement read.

    The Foreign Ministry also added that they welcomed Aznavour's
    proposals for the normalization of relations between Armenia and
    Turkey. "Even though we don't agree with some of his diagnosis, we
    believe that the right method to create a common future passes through
    dialogue and empathy and works on memory," the Foreign Ministry added.



    March/30/2013

    http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-foreign-ministry-slams-aznavours-comments-on-erdogan.aspx?pageID=238&nID=43953&NewsCatID=359

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