September 15, 2005 - 10:50 AMT
ERDOGAN ASKED EUROPEAN LOBBY IN US TO ASSIST IN RESISTING TO ARMENIANS
Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan being on visit in New York has addressed Jewish organizations a request to assist «to resist to statements of the Armenian Genocide.» The Premier met with representatives of a range of Jewish American organizations with the purpose. In the course of the meeting Erdogan asked the Jewish lobby to support Turkey's position during the Congress discussion of two Armenian Genocide Resolutions. «We have always supported and will support Ankara position,» representatives of the Jewish organizations stated, reported Trend agency.