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Serbia condemns Turkish PM Erdogan’s remarks

Türkiye Materials 25 October 2013 12:43 (UTC +04:00)
Serbia condemns Turkish PM Erdogan’s remarks
Serbia condemns Turkish PM Erdogan’s remarks

Serbia has condemned statements made by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a speech he gave in Kosovo on Oct. 23, saying such words "cannot be received as friendly. Hurriyetdailynews reproted"

"In the Republic of Serbia, such statements cannot be received as friendly. They depart from assurances that we get in contacts with Turkey's top officials," the Foreign Ministry said, according to the Serbian news agency Tanjug.

Erdogan had given a speech during his visit to Kosovo's Prizren, in which he said, "Kosovo is Turkey, and Turkey is Kosovo." The prime minister further added that the two nations, Kosovo and Turkey, shared the same history and civilization.

"The town of Emperor Dusan [the greatest ruler of medieval Serbia] is probably the least adequate place for such statements. Everyone in the world knows that Kosovo is a Serbian word, and Serbia's territory, even those who recognized that quasi-state," the ministry said in a press release.

Erdogan, accompanied by the Kosovan Prime Minister Hashim Thaci and Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, attended the official opening of a new terminal at the international airport in Pristina on Oct. 23 as part of his Kosovo itinerary.

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