TURKEY READY TO CONTINUE NORMALIZATION PROCESS WITH ARMENIA
Interfax
April 7 2010
Russia
Ankara is ready to continue taking measures to normalize relations
with Yerevan, Turkey's special envoy Feridun Sinirlioglu said at
a meeting with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan. Sargsyan agreed
to meet with the Turkish official at the request of Turkish Prime
Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan."Sargsyan said that Armenia expected
Turkey to take effective steps that would guarantee resolute progress
in the process aimed at normalizing relations without preconditions,"
the Armenian president's press service told Interfax on Wednesday.
"Speaking on behalf of the Turkish authorities, the special envoy
assured the president of Armenia that Turkey is ready to ensure
progress in the normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations," the
press service said. The envoy also asked the Armenian president
whether he could meet with the Turkish prime minister in Washington,
it said. Sargsyan is due to leave for Washington on April 11 at the
invitation of U.S. President Barack Obama.
Interfax
April 7 2010
Russia
Ankara is ready to continue taking measures to normalize relations
with Yerevan, Turkey's special envoy Feridun Sinirlioglu said at
a meeting with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan. Sargsyan agreed
to meet with the Turkish official at the request of Turkish Prime
Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan."Sargsyan said that Armenia expected
Turkey to take effective steps that would guarantee resolute progress
in the process aimed at normalizing relations without preconditions,"
the Armenian president's press service told Interfax on Wednesday.
"Speaking on behalf of the Turkish authorities, the special envoy
assured the president of Armenia that Turkey is ready to ensure
progress in the normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations," the
press service said. The envoy also asked the Armenian president
whether he could meet with the Turkish prime minister in Washington,
it said. Sargsyan is due to leave for Washington on April 11 at the
invitation of U.S. President Barack Obama.