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    STEP FORWARD FOR ARMENIAN TURKISH RELATIONS

    RFI
    http://www.english.rfi.fr/europe/20 100407-step-forward-armenian-turkish-relations
    Apr il 7 2010
    France

    The leaders of Turkey and Armenia agreed Wednesday to meet for talks
    next week in a bid to restart a process of reconciliation between
    the two countries. The Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
    and the Armenian president Serzh Sarkisian have arranged to meet on
    the sidelines of a nuclear summit in Washington starting on 12 April.

    Turkey's top diplomat was in Yereven for talks Wednesday to end
    the impasse the two countries have reached in trying to establish
    diplomatic relations. Both confirmed their commitment to the
    reconciliation process, which ran into problems almost as soon as a
    deal was signed in October.

    The foreign ministry undersecretary Feridun Sinirlioglu held talks
    with Sarkisian and his foreign minister Eduard Nalbandian. Armenia
    has signed its part of October's deal but refuses to contradict
    its line that Armenia was a victim of genocide under the Ottoman
    Empire. This annoys Turkey, while Armenia is rankled by Turkey's
    refusal to to ratify the accord unless it makes progress in its
    conflict with Azerbaijan.

    Last month the US House of Representatives and the Swedish parliament
    both ruled that the Armenian massacre during World War I was genocide.
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