EGEMEN BAGIS KICKS OFF ISTANBUL LEG OF 2012 FRIENDSHIP AND PEACE RALLY

Minister for EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator Egemen Bagis kicked off 2012 Allgau-Orient Friendship and Peace Rally which was backed up by the Ministry for EU Affairs as a civil society initiative within the framework of European Union Communication Strategy.

In his press release, Minister Bagis said that 700 drivers who had arrived in Istanbul would leave for Baku, one of the most beautiful cities of the Turkish world, and they would grant their vehicles there.

Bagis said: “Who will they grant their vehicles to? To the victims who were made to leave their homes and became homeless because of the Armenian pressure in Nagorno Karabagh. That’s why; I feel great honour to be here, with Mr. Governor, and to promote such an organization of our foreign guests, who are friends of Turkey and who support Turkey’s EU accession process. The same team also came to our country after visiting various countries in Europe last year. Then, we told them that we had a message, which we had difficulty in explaining, to the Europeans who were experiencing an eclipse of reason and had some concerns. We said to them: “Go to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and leave your vehicles there”. We are happy that they did our bidding. The same team went to TRNC last year, the country which the European countries try to block and lay an embargo on. This year, they are going to Baku. In fact, they are really our friends”.

As part of the same event, Bagis inaugurated the sculpture entitled “Teşekkürler Deutchland-Danke Schön Türkiye”.

Source: AB Bakanlığı, AA