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 Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. 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". Partner news | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenian, Iranian foreigh policy chief talk over the phone The Foreign Minister of Armenia once again expressed condolences to his counterpart on the death of the President of Iran. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. |