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    Anadolu Agency, Turkey
    Nov 6 2009

    Turkish foreign minister says Turkey seeking good ties with all Armenians


    Paris, 6 November: Turkish foreign minister has sought to reach out to
    the Armenian diaspora around the world, saying Turkey wanted to have
    good relations with all Armenians.

    "We want to establish good relations with our neighbours and with all
    Armenians, in Beirut or in Paris. It is for everyone's good to develop
    a fair memory. But we cannot build the peace and the future if
    everyone tells of their own pain and history. Let go of your one-sided
    memory shackles," Ahmet Davutoglu told Friday [6 November] a press
    briefing in Paris after a meeting with his French counterpart Bernard
    Kouchner.

    "I know that my grandfathers, too, have suffered. I know the pains of
    those who were forced to leave their homes in the Caucasus or the
    Balkans," Davutoglu said.

    Davutoglu said Turkey had proposed "a new vision and a horizon" in
    offering to set up a joint study with Armenians and historians from
    other countries to examine all the facts around the incidents of 1915.

    "We can only build a better future with a fair memory," Davutoglu said.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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