Tuzmen And Swiss Economy Minister Reciprocally Postpone Visits

ANKARA (AA) - Turkish State Minister Kursat Tuzmen and Swiss Economy Minister Joseph Deiss postponed visits reciprocally because of the investigation opened against Yusuf Halacoglu, the Chairman of Turkish Institute of History, in Switzerland.
Diplomatic sources told A.A correspondent that Tuzmen's visit to Switzerland, scheduled for June 22nd and 24th, and his participation to Turkish-Swiss Business Council meeting was postponed to an indefinite date.
Deiss's scheduled visit to Turkey, planned to take place at the beginning of September, will not take place, either.
A legal procedure was opened in Switzerland against Halacoglu because of his statement against the allegations of so-called Armenian genocide.
The allegations of so-called Armenian genocide continue to be an element overshadowing Turkish-Swiss relations from time to time.
The most important development affecting the relations negatively was approval of several resolutions by the Swiss authorities to recognize the so-called genocide.

2005-06-09