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    The New Anatolian, Turkey
    May 14 2005


    Erdogan, Kocharian expected to meet next week


    Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Armenian President
    Robert Kocharian are expected to meet for rare talks at a summit next
    week.

    The Anatolia news agency said Erdogan and Kocharian were expected to
    meet on the sidelines of a Council of Europe summit scheduled for
    Monday and Tuesday in Warsaw. The date of the meeting was not
    specified.

    Turkish and Armenian officials could not immediately confirm the
    report. However, Council of Europe spokesman Can Fisek said there
    were "strong indications" that the leaders would meet.

    The talks are widely expected to focus on efforts to promote dialogue
    between the two countries, which do not have diplomatic relations.

    The two countries sharply disagree over the so-called Armenian
    genocide claims.

    Erdogan has previously indicated that the countries might establish
    political ties if Armenia agreed to join a joint commission to
    investigate the killings. Armenia says it's ready to re-establish
    relations with Turkey, but without any preconditions.
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