(GEN) PACE PRESIDENT: OUR DIFFERENCES ARE OUR RICHNESS Saturday, 29.May.2010, 15:08 (GMT+2) ANKARA (A.A) - President Mevlut Cavusoglu of ParliamentaryAssembly of Council of Europe (PACE) said on Saturday that"the differences wehave are one of the basic sources that unite us."Speaking at a session in the third forum of Alliance of Civilizations inBrazil, Cavusoglu said that PACE was the largest roof of Europe where membersfrom different culture, language and religion could represent themselves.He noted that PACE, which represented over 800 million people from 47countries, was the biggest negotiation platform in European continent. He addedthat PACE was not just a formation that brought parliamentarians of differentpolitical views together.Cavusoglu said that universal principles like democracy, supremacy of lawand human rights were basic keys to overcome problems which stemmed fromcultural, religious and political differences.(GC)
ANKARA (A.A) - President Mevlut Cavusoglu of ParliamentaryAssembly of Council of Europe (PACE) said on Saturday that"the differences wehave are one of the basic sources that unite us."Speaking at a session in the third forum of Alliance of Civilizations inBrazil, Cavusoglu said that PACE was the largest roof of Europe where membersfrom different culture, language and religion could represent themselves.He noted that PACE, which represented over 800 million people from 47countries, was the biggest negotiation platform in European continent. He addedthat PACE was not just a formation that brought parliamentarians of differentpolitical views together.Cavusoglu said that universal principles like democracy, supremacy of lawand human rights were basic keys to overcome problems which stemmed fromcultural, religious and political differences.(GC)
Germany's defense minister says the commander of the troubled navy training ship has been relieved of his duties and the vessel ordered to return amid questions surrounding the death of a sailor on board late last year. Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg said the Gorch Fock would remain in port pending the results of an investigation into the death of the 25-year-old sailor who plunged from the ship's rigging in November. Guttenberg told ARD public broadcaster on Saturday Jan. 22, 2011 the ship would not be used for training pending the outcome of an investigation. Guttenberg consistently polls as one of the nation's most popular politicians, but has come under pressure in recent weeks over a series of issues in the military, including the death on the Gorch Fock.