Today’s Zaman, Turkey
March 31 2013
Turkey strongly denies French singer Aznavour’s claims against prime minister
31 March 2013 /TODAY’S ZAMAN, Ä°STANBUL
The Turkish Foreign Ministry has strongly denied recent allegations of
French-Armenian musician Charles Aznavour, who said the Turkish prime
minister once said he hates Armenians and Greeks.
Aznavour, who is Armenia’s ambassador to Switzerland and permanent
delegate to the United Nations office in Geneva, criticized Turkish
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄ?an last week in a televised interview
in Switzerland, without naming him. He claimed that the Turkish prime
minister once said he hates Greeks and Armenians, stating that a prime
minister cannot say such things.
Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Levent Gümrükçü said on Saturday
when asked by a reporter about Aznavour’s claims that it is impossible
to understand what his claims are based on. `We strongly reject this
groundless and meaningless accusation,’ he said. `The Turks have long
coexisted peacefully with the Armenians and Greeks,’ he added.
Gümrükçü said, on the other hand, Turkey welcomes Aznavour’s proposals
on the normalization of Turkish-Armenian relations as a world-famous
`man of art and intellectual.’
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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