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    ARMENIAN, TURKISH MINISTERS DISCUSS BILATERAL TIES

    Interfax
    Dec 5 2008
    Russia

    Armenian Foreign Minister Edvard Nalbandian and his Turkish counterpart
    Ali Babacan discussed relations between the two countries at a meeting
    in Helsinki on Thursday, an Armenian Foreign Ministry spokesman
    told Interfax.

    "The foreign ministers of Armenia and Turkey met in Helsinki on
    December 4. At their meeting, the parties continued negotiations
    intended to help straighten out the Armenian-Turkish relationship,"
    the spokesman said.

    Nalbandian and Babacan agreed to continue such meetings.

    Armenia and Turkey still have no diplomatic relations because of events
    in the Ottoman Empire in 1915, when, according to varying reports,
    more than 1.5 million people were killed. A number of countries have
    recognized the events as an instance of genocide against the Armenian
    people in the Ottoman Empire.

    Armenia has been pressing for Turkey's recognition of the genocide, but
    the authorities in Ankara have refused to do so. They, for their part,
    insist on finding a solution to the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh
    that would help preserve Azerbaijan's territorial integrity.

    The Turkish president came to Yerevan at the invitation of his
    Armenian counterpart Serzh Sargsian on September 6. The Armenian
    leader is expected to visit Turkey in October 2009.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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