August 6, 2005 - 09:01 AMT
TURKEY CANCELED SWISS MINISTER VISIT TO ANKARA DUE TO ARMENIAN ISSUE
After the Prosecutor's Office of Winterthur Swiss city launched investigation on the leader of the Turkish Workers' Party Dogu Perincek for denial of the Armenian Genocide, Turkish authorities told the Swiss Ambassador in Ankara that the visit of Swiss Minister of Economy Joseph Dais scheduled in September is cancelled. As Milliyet Turkish newspaper writes, Swiss media notes with regret that «Turkey does not understand that power division is the major value of the Swiss democracy,» reported Armenpress. Meanwhile, SDA agency reported that the meeting scheduled in September is just postponed. Turkey says problems of specification of the visit date has caused the «postponing» of the meeting.