Tweet
ARMENIAN, TURKISH JOURNALISTS DISCUSS BILATERAL TIES IN YEREVAN
news.am
June 05, 2012 | 10:42
YEREVAN. - A roundtable discussion, entitled "The Media's Role in
Armenian-Turkish Relations," got underway Monday in Armenia's capital,
Yerevan.
Also are in attendance a group of Armenian and Turkish journalists
who, after a bus tour in Turkey, are now in Armenia along the lines of
the "Support to Armenia-Turkey Rapprochement" Project of the Eurasia
Partnership Foundation.
Some discussants were surprised by the fact that the roundtable
coincided with US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton's visit to Yerevan.
Turkish journalist Mensur Akgun noted that, at present, the matter
of relations with Armenia is not among Turkey's primary agenda topics.
In his turn, Turkish Jiyan.org website's journalist Kemal Bozkurt
criticized the Turkish authorities' demeanor toward the country's
national and religious minorities, and pointed to several problems
in Turkey.
Diyarbakir Mayor's adviser and writer Seyhmus Diken told Armenian
News-NEWS.am that he is visiting Yerevan with great pleasure. Diken,
who was using the Armenian word for Armenia-that is, "Hayastan"-,
said last year's meeting in Diyarbakir between the latter's Mayor
Osman Baydemir and the Armenian journalists was widely covered by
the city's local and Kurdish media.
news.am
June 05, 2012 | 10:42
YEREVAN. - A roundtable discussion, entitled "The Media's Role in
Armenian-Turkish Relations," got underway Monday in Armenia's capital,
Yerevan.
Also are in attendance a group of Armenian and Turkish journalists
who, after a bus tour in Turkey, are now in Armenia along the lines of
the "Support to Armenia-Turkey Rapprochement" Project of the Eurasia
Partnership Foundation.
Some discussants were surprised by the fact that the roundtable
coincided with US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton's visit to Yerevan.
Turkish journalist Mensur Akgun noted that, at present, the matter
of relations with Armenia is not among Turkey's primary agenda topics.
In his turn, Turkish Jiyan.org website's journalist Kemal Bozkurt
criticized the Turkish authorities' demeanor toward the country's
national and religious minorities, and pointed to several problems
in Turkey.
Diyarbakir Mayor's adviser and writer Seyhmus Diken told Armenian
News-NEWS.am that he is visiting Yerevan with great pleasure. Diken,
who was using the Armenian word for Armenia-that is, "Hayastan"-,
said last year's meeting in Diyarbakir between the latter's Mayor
Osman Baydemir and the Armenian journalists was widely covered by
the city's local and Kurdish media.