Bulletin de liaison et d'information - Institut kurde de Paris
Bulletin de liaison et d'information - Institut kurde de Paris
Bulletin de liaison et d'information - Institut kurde de Paris
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REVUE DE PRESSE~PRESS REVIEW~BERHEVOKA ÇAPÊ~RIVISTA STAMPA~DENTRO DE LA PRENSA~BASIN ÖZETi<br />
has been that in one part of the country: the<br />
existence of the state is now questionable,"<br />
the motion read.<br />
Meanwhile the Eastern Association of Journalists,<br />
the Foreign Press Agency (FPA) in<br />
Turkey, and the Frankfurt-ba~ed German Association<br />
of Journalists have Issued press statements<br />
<strong>de</strong>nouncing the PKK ban on the<br />
press. ,<br />
. . The executive board of Turkey s Journalists'<br />
Association (TGC) has sent l<strong>et</strong>ters to<br />
Presi<strong>de</strong>nt Demirel and Prime Minister ÇilIç,r,<br />
asking the state to take t~è neœs~ary mea.sures<br />
to ensure journalIsts saf<strong>et</strong>y In the Southeast.<br />
The association has also announced its <strong>de</strong>cision<br />
to convene a me<strong>et</strong>ing of the TGC executive<br />
board and other press organizations in<br />
DiyarbakIr today,<br />
Swedish Foreign Minister<br />
Af Ugglas in Ankara for talks<br />
Turkish Daily News<br />
ANKARA- Swedish Foreign Minister<br />
Baroness Margar<strong>et</strong>ha Af Ugglas arrived in<br />
Ankara Wednesday to pay the first highlevel<br />
official visit from that country to<br />
Turkey.<br />
Af Ugglas visited her Turkish counterpart,<br />
Hikm<strong>et</strong> (,:<strong>et</strong>in, Wednesday afternoon, followed<br />
by visits to PresI<strong>de</strong>nt Süleyman<br />
Demirel and Deputy Prime Minister Murat<br />
Karayalç1ß. Ç<strong>et</strong>in, who welcomed the<br />
SwedIsh foreign minister at the Ankara airport,<br />
said talks would center on bilateral relations<br />
and international issues. He said that as<br />
term chairman of the Conference on Security<br />
and Cooperation in Europe (CS CE), Swe<strong>de</strong>n<br />
would be playing an important part in shaping<br />
the organization's role in the new world<br />
or<strong>de</strong>r. "Swe<strong>de</strong>n has un<strong>de</strong>rtaken certain<br />
moves in that direction," Ç<strong>et</strong>in said, "and<br />
Turkey strongly supports these efforts."<br />
No agreements are expected to be signed<br />
during the Swedish foreign minister's short<br />
visit, Turkish Foreign Ministry acting<br />
spokesman Ferhat Ataman said Wednesday.<br />
Turkey is expected to request that sympathizers<br />
in Swe<strong>de</strong>n cut support for the outlawed<br />
Kurdistan Wor~ers' .Pa.rty (PKK).<br />
Relations b<strong>et</strong>ween the two countries have<br />
been strained periodically in the past because<br />
of Swe<strong>de</strong>n's reaction to the state of human<br />
rights in Turkey, following the military coup<br />
in 1980. The Swedish minister <strong>de</strong>parts today<br />
after a joint press conference with C<strong>et</strong>in.<br />
Last year, Af Ugglas visited turkey to<br />
attend a Council of Europe me<strong>et</strong>ing to discuss<br />
the situation of the Turkic republics of<br />
Central Asia.<br />
In 1992, Turkish imports from Swe<strong>de</strong>n<br />
totalled $256 million and exports totalled<br />
$83.5 million. In the first SIX months of<br />
1993, Turkish imports from Swe<strong>de</strong>n amounted<br />
to $209 million, while exports to that<br />
country stood at $29.7 million.<br />
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