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Armenia's
MFA Shocked by Hrant Dink's Killing
"We are deeply shocked by the news of the assassination of
Turkish Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, a man who lived his life
in the belief that there can be understanding, dialogue and
peace amongst peoples," says the statement by RA Foreign
Minister Vartan Oskanian. "We categorically condemn this act,
regardless of the circumstances, and call on the Turkish
authorities indeed to do everything to identify those
responsible," reports the RA MFA press office.
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Statement by Enlargement
Commissioner Olli Rehn on
the assassination of the
journalist Hrant Dink in Turkey
"I am shocked and saddened by this brutal act of
violence.
Hrant Dink was a respected intellectual who
defended his views
with conviction and contributed to an open public
debate. He was a campaigner for freedom of expression in Turkey.
I trust that the Turkish authorities will fully
investigate this crime
and will bring the perpetrators to justice.
I want to express my deepest condolences to his
family."
Krisztina Nagy -Spokesperson to Mr Olli Rehn,
Commissioner for
Enlargement European Commission - Spokespersons
Service
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GUL SAYS COUNTERING US
GENOCIDE RECOGNITION
EFFORTS WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE
Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul at a
meeting
of the Foreign Economic Relations organizations admitted that it
would very hard to intervene and counter efforts by the US
Congress
to adopt an Armenian Genocide recognition resolution, reported
the
Milliyet newspaper. According to the Milliyet report, Gul said
"events in the United States today are very negative and it
would be virtually impossible to
counter Armenian Genocide recognition efforts." Attending the
meeting
of the organization, which is chaired by Gul were
representatives of
Turkey's cultural, interior, foreign, education ministries,
Turkish
intelligence community members, Turkish Historical Society
members
and high level officials of the Turkish armed forces.
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BUNDESTAG DELEGATE OF TURKISH
ORIGIN
ACKNOWLEDGES ARMENIAN
GENOCIDE
A German Bundestag member of Turkish
origin from the left PDS party has signed under a party
resolution
recognizing effectively the Armenian genocide planned and
carried
out by the government of Turkey between 1915-1923.
The Turkish Anatolia news agency said the
delegate, Hakr Keskin,
was until lately a staunch denier of the Armenian genocide. It
says
Keskin declared publicly during the party's conference in Bremen
that
the mass annihilation of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire were
genocide. Anatolia news agency quoted another German Bundestag
member of
Turkish descent, Sevim Dagdelen as saying it was not clear
whether
Keskin would revise his ties with Taleat Pasha party of Rauf
Denktas,
a former president of the unrecognized Turkish Republic of
Northern
Cyprus whose support he used to enjoy.
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MARK PARRIS: THIS TIME CONGRESS
TO ADOPT
RESOLUTION ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
U.S. ex-ambassador to Turkey Mark R. Parris
said that
this time the U.S. Congress will adopt a resolution on the
Armenian
Genocide. "This resolution will be put in the Congress agenda by
100
%. It is very possible that the resolution will be approved both
in
the House of Representatives and Senate. Turkey traditionally
hopes on
support of political parties in Washington, but for some reasons
that
very assistance can weaken. The Democrats sympathize the
Armenian issue
very much," stated Mark R. Parris. "Will a resolution on the
Armenian
Genocide be adopted. Yes, it will. Every one knows that that
resolution
will complicate relations, but it does not mean the American
policy
will change. The American policy is not ready to use certain
terms yet.
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MORE THAN HALF OF GREEKS AGAINST
TURKEY'S EU MEMBERSHIP
A public opinion poll commissioned by To
Vima newspaper,
published in Athens, Greece to Kapa Research
pollster center has
found that only 39.7 percent of Greeks support
Turkey's bid to join the European Union, while 56.5
percent are against it.
The survey also has found that only 38.5 percent of
respondents are optimistic about prospects for
settling the Cyprus problem and 39.4 percent believe
that the united island will be in the European Union.
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KHACHKAR TO THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
TO BE ERECTED IN ROME
The 22nd district of the City Council of Rome unanimously
approved
a resolution for erection of a Khachkar commemorating the Armenian
Genocide. Already, on May 4, 2006, at the initiative of architect
Vahed Vartanian and under the patronage of the City Hall of Rome,
a commemorative plate had been placed on the Milvio bridge on
the occasion of triple twinning between the bridges Allahverdi-Kan
(Isfahan-Iran), Sanahin bridge (Alaverdi - Armenia) and Milvio bridge
(Rome - Italy). According to certain writings, King Trdat III and
Holy Grigor the Illuminator crossed the Milvio Bridge 300 after
Jesus-Christ to carry to Rome their Christian testimony.
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Turkish Police tried to arrest
Armenian MP
Turkish Police tried to arrest RA National
Assembly Deputy
Gegham Manukyan on 3rd November 2006, when the latter spoke
about the Armenian Genocide during an international forum in
Istanbul.
During the Newsxchange conference Turkish Prime
Minister Rejeb Tayyib
Erdogan reconfirmed the position of Ankara that there was no
Armenian Genocide.
Member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation
Gegham Manukyan
emphasized the fact that member of the Turkish Parliament Grigor
Zohrap was caught and murdered. He noted also the Istanbul is
the city
where on April 24, 1915 the Genocide started with mass detention
of
Armenian intellectuals. Gegham Manukyan called on the Turkish
society
to start investigating "the dark pages of own history and
acknowledge
the fact of the Genocide." "Recognition will allow the two
states
to take the path of peaceful coexistence," said the Deputy.
Gegham
Manukyan raised a poster reading, "Turkey must have the courage
to
recognize the Armenian Genocide."
Following the speech, the Police surrounded
Gegham Manukyan, trying
to take him out of the conference hall and arrest. However, the
journalists did not allow this.
Organizers of the forum declared they would join
the Armenian
parliamentarian in case he is arrested.
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