Turkish foreign minister meets investors in London; views EU entry talks
Anatolia news agency, Ankara
12 Jul 05
Text of report in English by Turkish news agency Anatolia, subheadings
inserted editorially
London, 12 July: Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul sees no risk
regarding the start of full membership negotiations between Turkey and
the European Union (EU), on 3 October.
After having a breakfast with investors in the British capital of
London, Gul told a press conference that Turkey had adopted all
required reform laws, and therefore, expected that the entry talks
will start as scheduled.
Terrorism
Touching on terrorism, Gul said that fight against terrorism was the
common responsibility of all countries, and stressed that a joint
platform should be established to combat it.
“Terrorism is a severe crime committed against humanity, and therefore
we strongly condemn it,” said Gul.
Commenting on attacks on some mosques in London after last week’s
bombings, Gul said: “This is another kind of violence. Islam has
nothing to do with terrorism. Terrorists may be Muslim, Christian, Jew
or members of some other faith. Religion and terrorism cannot be
considered together. So, we should condemn terrorism altogether.”
Armenian allegations
Regarding the so-called Armenian genocide allegations, Gul said that
Turkey had opened up all its archives, including military ones, to all
foreign scientists, and stressed that even a single document proving
Armenian allegations could not be discovered.