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Papandreou in Tehran

Foreign Minister George Papandreou yesterday met Pakistani dictator General Pervez Musharraf on the second day of a visit to Pakistan, India and Iran to discuss cooperation against terrorism. Papandreou arrived inTehran yesterday evening and will hold talks with local officials today. Cem warned that Turkey might be forced to take drastic measures. He was speaking during a budget debate in the Turkish national assembly.The price will be very high, he conceded, but Ankara will have to take definitive decisions. This, he said, would mean, We will either say, ‘OK, that’s it,’ and no one wants to say that, or we will be forced to say ‘We do not accept this decision.’

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