Turkish Premier criticizes USA for absence of support "in its fight against Kurdish terrorists"July 5, 2007 - 17:07 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "The words by our friends that Workers' Party of Kurdistan (PKK) is a terrorist organization, is not enough for Turkey. We want an implementation of these words," Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan stated. He focused on the issue of terrorism in the 5th World Chambers Congress hosted by Turkey. Around 600 businessmen attended the congress. The former U.S. Secretary of State Madeline Albright was also among the participants.The Turkish Premier also underlined that the human conscience should adopt a common attitude towards damage to the environment, terrorism, violence and legal wars in crisis regions in the world. "Civilization is not only the global free circulation of the products that we produce. The extent of civilization is the extent to which human values are embraced and applied. We are carrying out a fight against international terrorism. And we expect the same thing from the seemingly friend countries. An international joint fight against terrorism is a must. The rationale that the terrorists in your territory are bad, the terrorists in my territory are good, especially should be abandoned," Recep Erdogan said, Sabah newspaper reports. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |