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has been that in one part of the country: the
existence of the state is now questionable,"
the motion read.
Meanwhile the Eastern Association of Journalists,
the Foreign Press Agency (FPA) in
Turkey, and the Frankfurt-ba~ed German Association
of Journalists have Issued press statements
denouncing the PKK ban on the
press. ,
. . The executive board of Turkey s Journalists'
Association (TGC) has sent letters to
President Demirel and Prime Minister ÇilIç,r,
asking the state to take t~è neœs~ary mea.sures
to ensure journalIsts safety In the Southeast.
The association has also announced its decision
to convene a meeting of the TGC executive
board and other press organizations in
DiyarbakIr today,
Swedish Foreign Minister
Af Ugglas in Ankara for talks
Turkish Daily News
ANKARA- Swedish Foreign Minister
Baroness Margaretha Af Ugglas arrived in
Ankara Wednesday to pay the first highlevel
official visit from that country to
Turkey.
Af Ugglas visited her Turkish counterpart,
Hikmet (,:etin, Wednesday afternoon, followed
by visits to PresIdent Süleyman
Demirel and Deputy Prime Minister Murat
Karayalç1ß. Çetin, who welcomed the
SwedIsh foreign minister at the Ankara airport,
said talks would center on bilateral relations
and international issues. He said that as
term chairman of the Conference on Security
and Cooperation in Europe (CS CE), Sweden
would be playing an important part in shaping
the organization's role in the new world
order. "Sweden has undertaken certain
moves in that direction," Çetin said, "and
Turkey strongly supports these efforts."
No agreements are expected to be signed
during the Swedish foreign minister's short
visit, Turkish Foreign Ministry acting
spokesman Ferhat Ataman said Wednesday.
Turkey is expected to request that sympathizers
in Sweden cut support for the outlawed
Kurdistan Wor~ers' .Pa.rty (PKK).
Relations between the two countries have
been strained periodically in the past because
of Sweden's reaction to the state of human
rights in Turkey, following the military coup
in 1980. The Swedish minister departs today
after a joint press conference with Cetin.
Last year, Af Ugglas visited turkey to
attend a Council of Europe meeting to discuss
the situation of the Turkic republics of
Central Asia.
In 1992, Turkish imports from Sweden
totalled $256 million and exports totalled
$83.5 million. In the first SIX months of
1993, Turkish imports from Sweden amounted
to $209 million, while exports to that
country stood at $29.7 million.
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