OBAMA’S MESSAGE DID NOT PLEASE TURKEY
armradio.am
27.04.2009 10:52
"Turkey is not a country that can be flattered and then fooled,"
Turkish Prime Minister Prime Minister Erdogan said yesterday.
Although US President Obama disappointed Armenians by breaking his
campaign promise to use the word "genocide" in a traditional message
he released on Friday, he certainly did not please Turkey, which
vehemently rejects the genocide accusations.
"We regard the statement concerning the 1915 events as an
interpretation of history that does not reflect the truth and is thus
unacceptable," Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday,
Today’s Zaman reports.
"We are saddened that the issue is being persistently exploited and
many politicians are trying to win votes out of the controversy over
the 1915 events." Apparently referring to Obama’s earlier remarks
underlining Turkey’s importance in efforts for peace in the region
and around the world, Erdogan also said, "Turkey is not a country
that can be flattered and then fooled."