ERDOGAN ASKING SCHROEDER TO POSTPONE DISCUSSIONS ON GENOCIDE
By Hakob Chakrian
Azg/arm
8 April 05
A possible crisis in German-Turkish relations because of the Armenian
Genocide resolution discussions in the German parliament was averted
the last moment. In its April 7 issue Turkish Sabah newspaper cites
a reliable diplomatic source informing that Turkish PM Recep Tayyip
Erdogan had a phone talk with German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder
over the Genocide resolution.
According to Sabah, Erdogan called Schroeder asking “to postpone or
cancel” discussions of the resolution. Schroeder met Erdogan halfway
and postponed discussions till the end of his Turkey visit on May
3. Together with the German opposition, the Greens also back the
resolution and that greatly worries Ankara, Sabah writes. Moreover,
certain circles in Ankara are sure that Germany will adopt the
resolution.