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| Turkey defends its pro-Iran stance in Geneva |
| 2009-04-24 |
| [Iran Press TV Latest] Turkey has defended its delegation's decision not to leave the Geneva conference during a speech by Iran's President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Ahmadinejad in the UN's Durban Review Conference in Geneva Monday slammed Israeli atrocities in Palestine and called Israel 'a cruel and repressive racist regime'. During his speech, many Western delegations left the conference venue in a move to protest his comments. Turkey's Minister for EU Affairs Egemen Bagis who is in Paris for an official visit, highlighted the importance of ties between Turkey and its neighboring Iran, IRNA reported on Thursday. In a news conference Thursday, when Bagis was asked why the Turkish delegation did not leave the conference venue during Ahmadinejad's speech, he replied, "Turkey and Iran have historical ties and vital economic relations." The Turkish minister also stressed that the relations between the two countries should be further enhanced. |
| Posted by:Fred |