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Turkish Daily News, 96-05-12
From: Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs <http://www.mfa.gov.tr>
TURKISH DAILY NEWS
12 May 1996
CONTENTS
[01] Ankara advises `realism` to Greece
[01] Ankara advises `realism` to Greece
Turkish Daily News
ANKARA- Turkey urged Greece Saturday to act realistically
and display a more responsible attitude its relations with Ankara.
Responding a question, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Omer Akbel said
Turkey is evaluating the Bucharest meeting between foreign ministers
Emre Gonensay and Thedore Pangalos of the two countries as marking
the beginning of a process of improved relations based on common
sense and rapprochement. The spokesman added that it was natural
that during the current sensitive phase, the two sides should
act with utmost caution.
However, Akbel said, it was impossible to justify the hostile
and anti-Turkish remarks of Pangalos in recent days. The spokesman,
meanwhile, hinted that the anti-Turkish and hostile statements
of the Greek foreign minister might be intensified because of
the forthcoming convention of the Pan-Hellenic Socialist Movement
(PASOK).
Akbel said the bilateral relations between the two countries should
not fall victim to the domestic political considerations in Greece
and called on Athens to adopt a constructive policy based on realism
in its ties with Ankara.
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