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(DIP) TURKISH PARLIAMENT SPEAKER COMMENTS ON ARMENIAN ISSUE AT MEETING WITHCANADIAN COUNTERPART
Saturday, 04.Sep.2010, 12:36 (GMT3)

OTTAWA (A.A) - Turkey's parliament speaker, who is currently inCanada to hold a series of talks, assessed Canadian federal senate's 2004 dateddecision on the Armenian allegations on incidents of 1915 during his recentmeeting with the speaker of the Senate of Canada.Turkish Parliament Speaker Mehmet Ali Sahin, who is visiting Canada for theG-20 Parliament Speakers'meeting, held talks with Noel Kinsella, Speaker ofSenate of Canada, in Ottawa on Thursday.During the gathering, Sahin told his Canadian counterpart that parliamentswere not the authorities to make judgements on historical matters, officialssaid.Sahin also noted that he welcomed Canadian authorities'more objectiveassessments in recent years.Moreover, Canadian Senate Speaker Kinsella said that the protocols signed byTurkey and Armenia in the recent term constituted a progressive step in theprocess.(DO-GC)
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