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| 20:21:08 | 10-06-2005 | Politics |
A STEP FOR THE FUTURE
Today RA NA President Arthur Baghdasaryan received the delegation of Turhan
Chomez, deputy of the Turkish Parliament. The delegation comprised of
journalists and social bodies.
During the meeting issues about the present state of the Armenian-Turkish
relations and the perspectives of development were discussed. The sides
confirmed their readiness to contribute to the development of relations by
means of open discussions. The RA NA President mentioned that Armenia wants
to have normal relations with all its neighbors and thinks that the problems
in the Armenian-Turkish relations must be solved by means of joint
discussions, `We must solve the present problems, not fight against them',
said the NA President.
The President of the Parliament called everybody to build the relations
looking forward - having the courage to admit the fact of the Genocide and
to go forward taking as basis the way of joint Euro integration. He
mentioned that Armenia expects the establishment of diplomatic relations as
basis to solve further problems.
It was also mentioned that Armenia does not mind having a neighbor member of
the EU, if the dual standards are excluded. The fact of the Genocide is not
under question for us, and we think that we must go forward without
forgetting the past. The NA President also mentioned that in the Armenian
Constitution there is no demand of land from Turkey.
Deputy of the Turkish Parliament Turhan Chomez qualified his visit to the RA
NA as the first of the steps to be taken in future. Mr. Chomez mentioned
that what is done cannot be undone or denied and we must go forward looking
into the eyes of the reality.
Nevertheless, he considered the issue of the recognition of the Genocide the
problem of the historians. `We are two countries living in the same
geographic area and we must come to an agreement', said Mr. Chomez. He
passed the greetings and the best regards of the Turkish Parliament
president Bulent Arinch to the NA president and expressed his readiness to
spread the ideas discussed during the meeting in the Turkish society and the
authorities.
At the end of the meeting the sides also discussed the possibility of
organizing a meeting of the Armenian and Turkish young people in Yerevan and
Ankara in order to discuss the present problems in the Armenian-Turkish
relations.
| 20:21:08 | 10-06-2005 | Politics |
A STEP FOR THE FUTURE
Today RA NA President Arthur Baghdasaryan received the delegation of Turhan
Chomez, deputy of the Turkish Parliament. The delegation comprised of
journalists and social bodies.
During the meeting issues about the present state of the Armenian-Turkish
relations and the perspectives of development were discussed. The sides
confirmed their readiness to contribute to the development of relations by
means of open discussions. The RA NA President mentioned that Armenia wants
to have normal relations with all its neighbors and thinks that the problems
in the Armenian-Turkish relations must be solved by means of joint
discussions, `We must solve the present problems, not fight against them',
said the NA President.
The President of the Parliament called everybody to build the relations
looking forward - having the courage to admit the fact of the Genocide and
to go forward taking as basis the way of joint Euro integration. He
mentioned that Armenia expects the establishment of diplomatic relations as
basis to solve further problems.
It was also mentioned that Armenia does not mind having a neighbor member of
the EU, if the dual standards are excluded. The fact of the Genocide is not
under question for us, and we think that we must go forward without
forgetting the past. The NA President also mentioned that in the Armenian
Constitution there is no demand of land from Turkey.
Deputy of the Turkish Parliament Turhan Chomez qualified his visit to the RA
NA as the first of the steps to be taken in future. Mr. Chomez mentioned
that what is done cannot be undone or denied and we must go forward looking
into the eyes of the reality.
Nevertheless, he considered the issue of the recognition of the Genocide the
problem of the historians. `We are two countries living in the same
geographic area and we must come to an agreement', said Mr. Chomez. He
passed the greetings and the best regards of the Turkish Parliament
president Bulent Arinch to the NA president and expressed his readiness to
spread the ideas discussed during the meeting in the Turkish society and the
authorities.
At the end of the meeting the sides also discussed the possibility of
organizing a meeting of the Armenian and Turkish young people in Yerevan and
Ankara in order to discuss the present problems in the Armenian-Turkish
relations.