“The struggle against Armenian statements is a priority task of the Government foreign policy. Working out a new strategy is most important to us,” the Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul stated, Turkish media reported. “We have made a historical proposal to Armenia – the PM sent a letter to Armenian President Robert Kocharian, officially presenting the proposals of the Turkish party over the disputable issue. Our evaluation of the response letter of April 26 was positive. The availability of common approaches in these 2 letters for dialogue is still being studied,” he remarked. Turning to countries that have recognized the Armenian Genocide, the Turkish FM said, “We seriously warn countries, whose parliaments accuse Turkey and the Turkish people in committing a genocide. No one is entitled to accuse the Turkish people based on distortion of historical facts and political profit.” As reported by the Azg Daily, touching upon the Armenian-Turkish relations, Gul underscored the Armenian party is fully responsible for their unsettled state. “I want to specially accentuate that our Government is not against normalization of relations with Armenia. On the contrary, it will promote establishment of stability in the region and creation of atmosphere of cooperation. We work for gradual establishment of normal relations. Our dialogue with Armenia will continue with task of this kind to overcome absence of mutual confidence between the two countries,” he summed up, Regnum news agency reported.
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