THERE IS NO CHANGE IN TURKEY'S POLICY TOWARDS ARMENIA, TURKISH OFFICIAL SAYS
15.01.2001, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. Turkish Foreign Ministry's Deputy Spokesman Huseyin Dirioz stated today that Turkey's policy towards Armenia was well known and there was no change in these policies in recent months.
"Turkey will not set up diplomatic relations with Armenia until it ends its enemy campaigns to have the so-called Armenian genocide recognized, and withdraws its soldiers from Nagorno-Karabakh, the occupied Azerbaijani territory", he said.
On January 11 Turkish leading papers quoted a senior diplomat from the Turkish Foreign Ministry as saying that the government has reached a conclusion to handle the issue of the Armenian genocide directly with Yerevan. --0--
"Turkey will not set up diplomatic relations with Armenia until it ends its enemy campaigns to have the so-called Armenian genocide recognized, and withdraws its soldiers from Nagorno-Karabakh, the occupied Azerbaijani territory", he said.
On January 11 Turkish leading papers quoted a senior diplomat from the Turkish Foreign Ministry as saying that the government has reached a conclusion to handle the issue of the Armenian genocide directly with Yerevan. --0--
