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TURKEY'S DAVUTOGLU TO VISIT ARMENIA AFTER 4 YEARS
Press TV, Iran
Dec 6 2013
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu is heading for Armenia next
week on his first visit since efforts to normalize relations between
the neighbors failed four years ago.
Davutoglu is planned to attend a meeting of the Black Sea Economic
Cooperation (BSEC) forum in Yerevan on December 12. It is not clear
whether he will hold separate bilateral talks with Armenian officials.
The relations between Turley and Armenia have been deeply strained
over the mass killings of Armenians during Ottoman Turks in World
War I and the disputed Nagorny-Karabakh region.
Yerevan claims up to 1.5 million Armenians were systematically killed
between 1915 and 1917 when the Ottoman Empire was falling apart.
Ankara categorically rejects the term genocide, saying 500,000 died
in fighting and of starvation during World War I.
Turkey closed its border with Armenia in 1993 in a show of support
for its regional ally, Azerbaijan, which had a dispute with Armenia
over Nagorny-Karabakh.
The region is internationally recognized as an Azeri territory but
was seized by Armenia-backed separatists in the 1990s.
Davutoglu's upcoming trip is his first since October 2009.
The decision to visit Yerevan was announced after Davutoglu's talks
with his Armenian counterpart, Edward Nalbandian, on the sidelines of
a meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
(OSCE) in Kiev on Thursday.
After leaving Yerevan, the Turkish minister is scheduled to visit
Greece on December 13 and the Turkish controlled Northern Cyprus the
following day.
MRS/AB
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/12/06/338553/turkey-fm-to-visit-armenia-next-week/
From: Baghdasarian
Press TV, Iran
Dec 6 2013
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu is heading for Armenia next
week on his first visit since efforts to normalize relations between
the neighbors failed four years ago.
Davutoglu is planned to attend a meeting of the Black Sea Economic
Cooperation (BSEC) forum in Yerevan on December 12. It is not clear
whether he will hold separate bilateral talks with Armenian officials.
The relations between Turley and Armenia have been deeply strained
over the mass killings of Armenians during Ottoman Turks in World
War I and the disputed Nagorny-Karabakh region.
Yerevan claims up to 1.5 million Armenians were systematically killed
between 1915 and 1917 when the Ottoman Empire was falling apart.
Ankara categorically rejects the term genocide, saying 500,000 died
in fighting and of starvation during World War I.
Turkey closed its border with Armenia in 1993 in a show of support
for its regional ally, Azerbaijan, which had a dispute with Armenia
over Nagorny-Karabakh.
The region is internationally recognized as an Azeri territory but
was seized by Armenia-backed separatists in the 1990s.
Davutoglu's upcoming trip is his first since October 2009.
The decision to visit Yerevan was announced after Davutoglu's talks
with his Armenian counterpart, Edward Nalbandian, on the sidelines of
a meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
(OSCE) in Kiev on Thursday.
After leaving Yerevan, the Turkish minister is scheduled to visit
Greece on December 13 and the Turkish controlled Northern Cyprus the
following day.
MRS/AB
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/12/06/338553/turkey-fm-to-visit-armenia-next-week/
From: Baghdasarian