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DIYARBAKIR MAYOR WANTS TO COOPERATE WITH YEREVAN COUNTERPART
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July 17, 2012 | 00:04
Turkish Diyarbakir Mayor Osman Baydemir met with businesswomen from
the Armenian and Turkish Women's NGOs. As Armenian News - NEWS.am
reports, considering women~Rs important role in the socio-economic
life of both nations, the mayor of Diyarbakir wished them success
and bigger achievements.
"Those who begin this cooperation today will be beyond competition
after 10 years," said the mayor.
In a conversation with the chairman of Women's Forum NGO Lilit
Avetisyan, Baydemir emphasized the role Yerevan had for Kurds; in the
years when Turkey banned the Kurdish language, the Kurds of eastern
regions of Turkey preserved their language in Yerevan.
"Please, convey my warmest greetings to the mayor of Yerevan. I wish
to see Diyarbakir and Yerevan sister cities. We live in a difficult
political period, but I hope that in the nearest future we will have
the opportunity of cooperation with Yerevan,~T said Osman Baydemir.
news.am
July 17, 2012 | 00:04
Turkish Diyarbakir Mayor Osman Baydemir met with businesswomen from
the Armenian and Turkish Women's NGOs. As Armenian News - NEWS.am
reports, considering women~Rs important role in the socio-economic
life of both nations, the mayor of Diyarbakir wished them success
and bigger achievements.
"Those who begin this cooperation today will be beyond competition
after 10 years," said the mayor.
In a conversation with the chairman of Women's Forum NGO Lilit
Avetisyan, Baydemir emphasized the role Yerevan had for Kurds; in the
years when Turkey banned the Kurdish language, the Kurds of eastern
regions of Turkey preserved their language in Yerevan.
"Please, convey my warmest greetings to the mayor of Yerevan. I wish
to see Diyarbakir and Yerevan sister cities. We live in a difficult
political period, but I hope that in the nearest future we will have
the opportunity of cooperation with Yerevan,~T said Osman Baydemir.