Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
Aug 24 2007
Turkey warns Israel
[ 24 Aug 2007 12:10 ]
The US Jewish organization, Anti-Defamation League’s announcing that
it will recognize so-called Armenian genocide caused serious concerns
in Turkey.
APA’s Turkey bureau reports Turkish Prime Minister Rajab Tayyib
Erdogan in a telephone call to Israeli President Shimon Peres asked
him to address this using his influence on the Jewish lobby in the
US. Israeli President pledged to do his utmost.
Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul raised this problem during the
meeting with Israeli ambassador to Turkey Pinhas Avivi. Gul warned on
serious consequences of Jewish lobby’s renouncing its traditional
position regarding so-called `Armenian genocide’. He warned that this
would seriously harm Turkey-Israel relations. Israeli ambassador said
ADL’s decision was a surprise to them too, `This surprised us much
too. We did not expect that.’
Ankara’s warnings yielded soonest results. In its website, ADL posted
a statement close to that of Turkey. The statement voices support for
Turkey’s proposal to Armenia on setting up a joint commission of
historians to investigate `Armenian genocide’ claims.
`We should try to create an atmosphere that Armenia react positively
to Turkey’s proposals. We should achieve a joint commission and
solution of disagreements between Turkey and Armenia,’ the ADL’s
statement reads. /APA/