Speaker Arinc: My words on the joint Armenian commission were misunderstood
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Oluşturulma Tarihi: Eylül 28, 2005 11:33
Speaker of the Turkish Parliament (TBMM), Bulent Arinc, has said that his words about the formation of a joint Turkish-Armenian commission on the so-called Armenian genocide may have been misunderstood the other day at a press conference. Arinc, who yesterday hosted an EU delegation from the French Senate, responded to reporters' questions at a press conference, confirming that there was a conflict in fact between what he had said in Manisa two days ago, and what the Foreign Ministry in Ankara was reporting on the matter.
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Said Arinc, "A few lines from a very long speech can sometimes open the path to misunderstanding. I was speaking about what approach our parliament was taking to dealing with the accusations of the Armenian genocide. I did not say that there would be a joint commission formed immediately tomorrow, or that a decision had even been made on it. But when I read the headlines in the morning, reported after someone had not listened carefully to my speech from start to finish, I got excited too."