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    TURKISH AND ARMENIAN LEADERS TAKE 2008 PEACE AND SPORT AWARD

    Hurriyet
    Dec 5 2008
    Turkey

    Turkish and Armenian presidents were awarded for a peace and sports
    prize for their landmark meeting in September.

    Turkish President Abdullah Gul and his Armenian counterpart Serzh
    Sargsyan were awarded in the International Peace and Sport Forum's 2008
    session in Monaco for their landmark meeting in Yerevan in September.

    Gul and Sargsyan were awarded for a photograph of the historic
    handshake during the qualifying match for the Football World Cup
    between Turkey and Armenia.

    Turkey and Armenia have no diplomatic ties and their border has been
    closed for more than a decade, as Armenia presses the international
    community to admit the so-called "genocide" claims instead of accepting
    Turkey's call to investigate the allegations, and Armenia's invasion
    of 20 percent territory of Azerbaijan.

    A warmer period began the two countries began after Turkish President
    Abdullah Gul paid a landmark visit to Yerevan in September on the
    occasion of a Turkish-Armenian World Cup football qualifying match.

    "Thanks to football, this moment marked the end of nearly two decades
    of diplomatic silence", the organization said on its website.

    H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco presented the award jointly to
    Mahmut Ozgener, President of the Turkish Football Federation, and to
    Armen Grigorian, Armenian Minister of Youth and Sport, who exchanged
    long greetings on stage.
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