Erdogan: Turkey and Armenia have a priority to build up good-neighborly relationship

Erdogan: Turkey and Armenia have a priority to build up good-neighborly relationship

April 28, 2008 - 13:42 AMT  21:59 GMT
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sent a congratulatory message to Tigran Sargsyan on appointment Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia.

Ankara's policy of "arm twisting and mouth shutting" will not bring any success

April 26, 2008 - 17:24 AMT  21:59 GMT
It happened so, that Turkey says something and does something completely different, but always acts according to its own interests, never taking into consideration the point of view of its strategic partners; i.e. the USA and Israel. However it is more appropriate to call these countries "strategic partners", since Ankara's conduct towards these countries already exceeds the limits of simple cooperation. For pressure on its partners Turkey has chosen a very handy target; the Armenian Genocide committed in the Ottoman Empire in 1915 - 1923.
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