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  • ANKARA: Armenians Didn't Respond To Overtures

    ARMENIANS DIDN'T RESPOND TO OVERTURES

    Cihan News Agency, Turkey
    June 2 2014

    Hurriyet also reported that an "interesting dialogue about the
    Armenian question took place" during US Ambassador to Turkey Francis
    Ricciardone's farewell visit to Cicek. The US diplomat asked Cicek
    about the failure to send the Zurich Protocol, which was aimed at
    paving the way toward a normalization in relations between Armenia
    and Turkey, to Parliament for deliberations. Cicek's response was:
    "The gravest insult to a country and society is to libel it with
    accusations of genocide. This opens very serious wounds in the
    relationship. It is necessary to assess the declaration by [the
    Prime Minister Recep Tayyip] Erdogan on April 23 concerning the
    genocide allegations. Unfortunately the US has not evaluated it
    [the statement]. Turkey has taken three very important steps
    for the solution of this problem. The president and the foreign
    minister visited Armenia. The other side didn't even take a single
    step. If a peace is to come to the South Caucasus, a normalization in
    Azerbaijan-Armenia relations is imperative." Cicek said the Armenian
    diaspora seems to exercise tight control over Armenia's policies. He
    also called on the US to approach the issue more fairly while working
    in favor of finding a solution to it.

    (Cihan/Today's Zaman)

    http://en.cihan.com.tr/news/AK-Party-delays-sending-deputies-to-graft-investigation-commission_8035-CHMTQ0ODAzNS8xMDA1

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