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ARMENIAN LEADER SAYS MEETING WITH TURKISH COUNTERPART "USEFUL"
Armenian Second TV Channel
May 8 2009
[Presenter] [Armenian President] Serzh Sargsyan also met with Turkish
President Abdullah Gul in Prague. This was the second one after the
meeting in Yerevan [in September 2008.] The leaders of the two states
have positively assessed the Prague meeting and decided to respect
all previous agreements and move forward in the direction of settling
Armenian-Turkish relations without preconditions and in reasonable
periods of [time].
[Correspondent reports over video of the meeting] Past midnight
by Yerevan's time [past 1900 gmt] and at 2230 by Prague's time
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and Turkish President Abdullah Gul
arrived at the Mandarin hotel, where the meeting of the Armenian and
Turkish presidents was planned. This is the second meeting of the
presidents after Gul was in Yerevan in September [2008] at Sargsyan's
invitation. The foreign ministers of the two countries also took part
in this meeting. After the meeting the sides positively assessed the
Prague meeting and said that an agreement was achieved to respect all
previously achieved agreements aiming to move forward Armenian-Turkish
relations without preconditions and in reasonable periods of time.
[Sargsyan speaking in Armenian to journalists] Useful - we agreed to
respect our agreements.
[Two unidentified journalists speaking in Armenian] What are those
agreements? Are there preconditions?
[Sargsyan speaking in Armenian to journalists] It is excluded that
there be any preconditions, it is simply excluded.
Armenian Second TV Channel
May 8 2009
[Presenter] [Armenian President] Serzh Sargsyan also met with Turkish
President Abdullah Gul in Prague. This was the second one after the
meeting in Yerevan [in September 2008.] The leaders of the two states
have positively assessed the Prague meeting and decided to respect
all previous agreements and move forward in the direction of settling
Armenian-Turkish relations without preconditions and in reasonable
periods of [time].
[Correspondent reports over video of the meeting] Past midnight
by Yerevan's time [past 1900 gmt] and at 2230 by Prague's time
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and Turkish President Abdullah Gul
arrived at the Mandarin hotel, where the meeting of the Armenian and
Turkish presidents was planned. This is the second meeting of the
presidents after Gul was in Yerevan in September [2008] at Sargsyan's
invitation. The foreign ministers of the two countries also took part
in this meeting. After the meeting the sides positively assessed the
Prague meeting and said that an agreement was achieved to respect all
previously achieved agreements aiming to move forward Armenian-Turkish
relations without preconditions and in reasonable periods of time.
[Sargsyan speaking in Armenian to journalists] Useful - we agreed to
respect our agreements.
[Two unidentified journalists speaking in Armenian] What are those
agreements? Are there preconditions?
[Sargsyan speaking in Armenian to journalists] It is excluded that
there be any preconditions, it is simply excluded.